Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Plantations and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) added 22.25% or 136.50 points to end at 749.90 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Balangoda Plantations PLC (CM:BALA), which lost 15.52% or 4.50 points to trade at 24.50 in late trade. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 11.36% or 5.00 points to end at 39.00 and Madulsima Plantations PLC (CM:MADU) shed 9.40% or 1.10 points to 10.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 119 to 85 and 47 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $62.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $66.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.30 to trade at $1320.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.04% to 215.285, while USD/LKR rose 0.06% to 155.010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.37.