Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Trading, Plantations and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.38% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV), which rose 22.45% or 1.100 points to trade at 6.000 at the close. Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL) added 12.79% or 1.10 points to end at 9.70 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) was up 12.29% or 8.00 points to 73.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO), which lost 22.01% or 314.60 points to trade at 1115.00 in late trade. Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) declined 19.33% or 299.60 points to end at 1250.40 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) shed 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 130 to 78 and 50 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.45% or 0.22 to $48.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.97% or 0.52 to hit $53.90 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.17 to trade at $1343.33 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.41% to 199.185, while USD/LKR rose 0.13% to 152.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 92.24.