Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Trading, Telecoms and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 19.81% or 10.40 points to trade at 62.90 at the close. Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) added 14.35% or 66.00 points to end at 526.00 and Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) was up 12.12% or 2.80 points to 25.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 15.39% or 400.10 points to trade at 2200.00 in late trade. Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) declined 7.70% or 75.10 points to end at 900.00 and Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV) shed 7.22% or 5.00 points to 64.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 86 to 76 and 53 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.74% or 0.48 to $28.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.63% or 0.49 to hit $30.82 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.31% or 15.70 to trade at $1182.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.36% to 206.890, while USD/LKR fell 0.60% to 143.060.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 96.30.