Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Trading and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO), which rose 15.41% or 220.30 points to trade at 1649.90 at the close. Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) added 14.35% or 3.30 points to end at 26.30 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 1.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which lost 14.29% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.6000 in late trade. ACME Printing and Packaging PLC (CM:ACME) declined 7.81% or 0.50 points to end at 5.90 and Colombo City Holdings PLC (CM:PHAR) shed 7.50% or 66.00 points to 814.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 68 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.52% or 0.80 to $51.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.48% or 0.82 to hit $54.65 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.09% or 1.05 to trade at $1211.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.68% to 184.575, while USD/LKR fell 0.09% to 149.930.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 100.67.