Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Plantations, Motors and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 40.00% or 0.200 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) added 30.00% or 0.30 points to end at 1.30 and Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) was up 20.00% or 3.80 points to 22.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 23.12% or 601.10 points to trade at 1999.00 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 14.29% or 0.20 points to end at 1.20 and AIA Insurance Lanka PLC (CM:AVIV) shed 9.70% or 32.00 points to 298.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 150 to 46 and 28 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 2.14% or 0.82 to $37.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.86% or 0.75 to hit $39.58 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1233.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.32% to 210.810, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 146.745.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.52.