Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Construction & Engineering and Banking, Financials & Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI), which rose 18.80% or 99.70 points to trade at 630.00 at the close. Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) added 18.43% or 73.90 points to end at 474.90 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was up 12.21% or 16.00 points to 147.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which lost 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 in late trade. Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) declined 11.11% or 0.200 points to end at 1.600 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) shed 10.92% or 3.80 points to 31.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 105 to 76 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.61% or 0.38 to $62.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.68% or 0.45 to hit $65.34 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.30 to trade at $1333.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.16% to 215.705, while USD/LKR rose 0.18% to 155.370.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.39.