Sri Lanka stocks higher at close of trade; CSE All-Share up 0.60%

Sri Lanka stocks higher at close of trade; CSE All-Share up 0.60%

 Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in theHealthcare, Trading and Investment Trust sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.60% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Tangerine Beach HotelsPLC (CM:TANG), which rose 16.94% or 10.50 points to trade at 72.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL) added 12.06% or 2.40 points to end at 22.30 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 1.000 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Agstar PLC (CM:AGST), which fell 6.06% or 0.40 points to trade at 6.20 at the close. Pegasus Hotels of Ceylon PLC (CM:PEG) declined 5.68% or 2.10 points to end at 34.90 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) was down 5.56% or 5.00 points to 85.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 141 to 55 and 43 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.83% or 0.35 to $41.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.95% or 0.42 to hit $43.87 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1367.70 a troy ounce.

GBP/LKR was down 0.34% to 191.090, while USD/LKR fell 0.05% to 145.570.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 95.60.