Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Plantations, Land & Property and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.10% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were George Steuart Finance Ltd (CM:GEOR), which rose 12.84% or 3.30 points to trade at 29.00 at the close. Waskaduwa Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITW) added 11.36% or 0.50 points to end at 4.90 and Union Assurance PLC (CM:UAL) was up 11.05% or 15.10 points to 151.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kahawatte Plantations PLC (CM:KAHA), which lost 15.12% or 5.70 points to trade at 32.00 in late trade. Ceylinco Insurance PLC (CM:CINS) declined 14.43% or 215.00 points to end at 1275.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) shed 14.29% or 0.1000 points to 0.6000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 88 to 70 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.21% or 0.11 to $52.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $55.60 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.38% or 4.45 to trade at $1166.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.11% to 183.595, while USD/LKR fell 0.29% to 149.550.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 102.95.