Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 50.00% or 0.2000 points to trade at 0.6000 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Lanka Ceramic PLC (CM:CERA) was up 13.46% or 14.90 points to 125.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which lost 24.13% or 349.80 points to trade at 1100.10 in late trade. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) declined 21.73% or 361.00 points to end at 1300.20 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) shed 13.04% or 9.00 points to 60.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 61 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.37% or 0.18 to $48.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $51.90 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1228.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.09% to 188.520, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 152.200.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 100.01.