Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Trading, Motors and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 20.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.6000 at the close. Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) added 16.57% or 3.00 points to end at 21.10 and Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) was up 15.83% or 273.30 points to 1999.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which lost 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 in late trade. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Renuka Holdings PLC (CM:RHL) shed 10.64% or 2.50 points to 21.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 85 to 57 and 64 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.50% or 0.32 to $63.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.69% or 0.48 to hit $68.67 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1338.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.18% to 212.375, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 90.38.