Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Diversified Holdings and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.29%.
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. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 25.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) was up 25.00% or 7.00 points to 35.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF), which lost 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 in late trade. Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) declined 10.20% or 2.00 points to end at 17.60 and Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) shed 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 79 to 74 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.02% or 0.70 to $68.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.17% or 0.87 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1222.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.16% to 209.245, while USD/LKR fell 0.09% to 159.510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.39.