Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO), which rose 24.25% or 97.00 points to trade at 497.00 at the close. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) added 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) was up 14.66% or 61.20 points to 478.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL), which lost 11.48% or 2.40 points to trade at 18.50 in late trade. Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) shed 10.79% or 5.20 points to 43.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 99 to 76 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.40% or 0.98 to $68.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.10% or 0.86 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1199.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.05% to 207.635, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 162.060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.39.