Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.47% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV), which rose 11.11% or 7.00 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Madulsima Plantations PLC (CM:MADU) added 9.76% or 0.80 points to end at 9.00 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) was up 8.64% or 6.20 points to 78.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which lost 18.97% or 351.10 points to trade at 1500.00 in late trade. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) declined 14.29% or 0.10 points to end at 0.60 and Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) shed 13.38% or 3.60 points to 23.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 75 and 23 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.04% or 0.43 to $41.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.13% or 0.50 to hit $43.94 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.26% or 2.80 to trade at $1066.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 215.255, while USD/LKR fell 0.26% to 142.825.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 100.13.