Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP), which rose 25.00% or 31.30 points to trade at 156.50 at the close. Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 14.57% or 295.00 points to end at 2320.00 and Sunshine Holdings PLC (CM:SUN) was up 11.49% or 6.00 points to 58.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which lost 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 in late trade. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) declined 7.69% or 0.10 points to end at 1.30 and Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) shed 7.66% or 1.80 points to 21.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 125 to 106 and 13 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.31% or 0.14 to $46.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $49.10 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1124.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.18% to 216.960, while USD/LKR rose 0.37% to 141.320.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 96.49.