Sri Lanka stocks higher at close of trade; CSE All-Share up 0.03%

Sri Lanka stocks higher at close of trade; CSE All-Share up 0.03%

 Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in theTrading, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE), which rose 14.29% or 0.30 points to trade at 2.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) added 11.90% or 170.10 points to end at 1599.70 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) was up 9.58% or 3.00 points to 34.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK), which fell 11.63% or 1.00 points to trade at 7.60 at the close. Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) declined 10.79% or 3.40 points to end at 28.10 and Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG) was down 9.17% or 11.00 points to 109.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 98 to 74 and 48 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.97% or 0.40 to $40.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.16% or 0.50 to hit $42.73 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1341.10 a troy ounce.

GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 192.115, while USD/LKR rose 0.05% to 145.950.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 96.28.