Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Investment Trust, Construction & Engineering and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) added 22.73% or 250.00 points to end at 1350.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 20.00% or 0.100 points to 0.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 15.64% or 231.70 points to trade at 1250.00 in late trade. Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) declined 15.26% or 14.50 points to end at 80.50 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) shed 13.97% or 8.80 points to 54.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 90 to 87 and 55 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.77% or 0.50 to $64.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.55% or 0.38 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.50 to trade at $1337.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.23% to 220.465, while USD/LKR fell 0.19% to 155.770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.16.