Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Diversified Holdings and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.49% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO), which rose 43.72% or 425.90 points to trade at 1400.00 at the close. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) added 25.00% or 450.00 points to end at 2250.00 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was up 23.46% or 475.00 points to 2500.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which lost 12.50% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.80 in late trade. Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) declined 12.15% or 23.70 points to end at 171.30 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) shed 10.41% or 260.30 points to 2239.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 84 and 19 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.28% or 0.12 to $45.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.23% or 0.11 to hit $48.12 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.40% or 4.50 to trade at $1122.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.33% to 213.570, while USD/LKR fell 0.23% to 140.900.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 96.27.