Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Construction & Engineering and Trading sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.07% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 22.24% or 300.20 points to trade at 1650.00 at the close. Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) added 19.21% or 11.60 points to end at 72.00 and Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) was up 17.76% or 15.10 points to 100.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which lost 11.11% or 10.00 points to trade at 80.00 in late trade. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 8.33% or 5.00 points to end at 55.00 and Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) shed 8.26% or 0.90 points to 10.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 85 and 45 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $49.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.10 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.05 to trade at $1213.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.21% to 213.910, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 148.540.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 95.61.