Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.29% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which rose 18.18% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.8000 and Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) was up 13.25% or 2.00 points to 17.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arpico Insurance Ltd (CM:ARIC), which fell 10.16% or 1.30 points to trade at 11.50 at the close. Amaya Leisure PLC (CM:CONN) declined 6.92% or 4.50 points to end at 60.50 and Ceylon Tea Services PLC (CM:CTEA) was down 6.09% or 39.60 points to 610.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 74 to 70 and 52 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.37% or 0.17 to $45.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.87% or 10.55 to trade at $1206.35 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.37% to 186.105, while USD/LKR rose 1.09% to 149.935.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 101.13.