Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Palm Oil, Power & Energy and Trading sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Softlogic Capital PLC (CM:SOCL), which rose 24.44% or 1.10 points to trade at 5.60 at the close. Softlogic Holdings PLC (CM:SOFT) added 13.50% or 2.70 points to end at 22.70 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was up 13.14% or 2.30 points to 19.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which lost 23.97% or 94.60 points to trade at 300.00 in late trade. Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) declined 21.05% or 8.00 points to end at 30.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) shed 16.67% or 0.1000 points to 0.5000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 77 and 45 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.59% or 0.35 to $58.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $62.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 3.20 to trade at $1333.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.22% to 215.715, while USD/LKR rose 0.37% to 155.540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.56.