Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Services and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.50% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 20.00% or 12.30 points to trade at 73.80 at the close. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) added 16.92% or 6.80 points to end at 47.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MTD Walkers PLC (CM:KAPI), which lost 11.89% or 2.20 points to trade at 16.30 in late trade. Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) declined 10.04% or 5.00 points to end at 44.80 and Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) shed 8.38% or 6.80 points to 74.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 63 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $66.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $75.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1297.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.07% to 209.600, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 158.010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 94.38.