Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Plantations and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which rose 13.59% or 43.50 points to trade at 363.50 at the close. Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) added 6.67% or 0.100 points to end at 1.600 and Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) was up 6.16% or 89.90 points to 1549.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which lost 12.50% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.7000 in late trade. Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) declined 11.97% or 6.80 points to end at 50.00 and Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) shed 11.90% or 7.50 points to 55.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 46 and 63 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.10% or 0.05 to $50.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $52.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1256.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.38% to 180.705, while USD/LKR rose 0.23% to 147.195.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 97.78.