Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Footwear & Textile and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 20.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.6000 at the close. Meanwhile, Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK) added 18.57% or 1.30 points to end at 8.30 and Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) was up 15.64% or 2.80 points to 20.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL), which fell 9.14% or 5.30 points to trade at 52.70 at the close. Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) declined 9.09% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was down 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 125 to 81 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) fell to 52-week lows; falling 8.33% or 0.100 to 1.100.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.40% or 0.21 to $52.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.45% or 0.25 to hit $55.33 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 3.95 to trade at $1228.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 184.970, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 151.360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.04.