Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Information Technology, Banking, Financials & Insurance and Land & Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, People’s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) added 23.89% or 2.70 points to end at 14.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 20.00% or 0.1000 points to 0.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Printcare PLC (CM:CARE), which fell 21.68% or 7.50 points to trade at 27.10 at the close. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) declined 18.73% or 311.20 points to end at 1350.00 and Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) was down 17.85% or 499.90 points to 2300.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 129 to 75 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.64% or 0.32 to $50.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.68% or 0.36 to hit $52.77 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.25 to trade at $1241.75 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.37% to 189.220, while USD/LKR fell 0.04% to 152.020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 100.44.