Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.36% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 25.00% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV) added 20.00% or 0.600 points to end at 3.600 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) was up 15.69% or 8.80 points to 64.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which lost 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.400 in late trade. Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) declined 15.70% or 224.50 points to end at 1205.10 and Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) shed 14.92% or 6.40 points to 36.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 122 to 65 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.32% or 0.15 to $47.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.49% or 0.25 to hit $51.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.81 to trade at $1275.89 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.15% to 197.355, while USD/LKR fell 0.02% to 153.190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.90.