Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Services, Information Technology and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.15% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH), which rose 17.70% or 2.00 points to trade at 13.30 at the close. Dolphin Hotels PLC (CM:STAF) added 10.80% or 3.10 points to end at 31.80 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) was up 10.00% or 0.100 points to 1.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which lost 22.58% or 350.00 points to trade at 1200.00 in late trade. Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL) declined 20.00% or 1.50 points to end at 6.00 and Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) shed 19.01% or 281.70 points to 1200.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 109 to 51 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.73% or 0.42 to $57.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.67% or 0.42 to hit $62.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.50 to trade at $1270.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.53% to 205.160, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.370.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.30.