Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Construction & Engineering and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and City Housing and Real Estate Company PLC (CM:CHOU) was up 13.04% or 0.60 points to 5.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL), which lost 19.71% or 13.50 points to trade at 55.00 in late trade. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) declined 17.37% or 7.80 points to end at 37.10 and Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) shed 12.80% or 3.20 points to 21.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 74 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.06% or 0.71 to $66.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.73% or 0.53 to hit $71.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.75% or 9.00 to trade at $1191.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.14% to 203.670, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 160.170.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.75.