Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Land & Property, Healthcare and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.28% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lanka Ceramic PLC (CM:CERA), which rose 18.14% or 23.20 points to trade at 151.10 at the close. Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) added 15.41% or 23.10 points to end at 173.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 14.29% or 0.1000 points to 0.8000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which lost 50.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.1000 in late trade. Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) declined 41.46% or 5312.50 points to end at 7500.00 and Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) shed 16.63% or 49.90 points to 250.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 62 and 63 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.63% or 0.31 to $49.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.63% or 0.33 to hit $52.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 10.53 to trade at $1273.13 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.33% to 199.445, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 153.280.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.43.