Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Investment Trust, Motors and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU), which rose 18.11% or 4.60 points to trade at 30.00 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) was up 12.72% or 42.60 points to 377.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 18.74% or 323.60 points to trade at 1403.00 in late trade. Lankem Ceylon PLC (CM:LCEY) declined 14.37% or 6.90 points to end at 41.10 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) shed 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 82 and 46 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.17% or 0.65 to $55.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.24% or 0.77 to hit $61.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.72 to trade at $1285.62 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.45% to 202.555, while USD/LKR rose 0.14% to 153.820.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 93.45.