Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Motors, Land & Property and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.40% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Commercial Leasing & Finance PLC (CM:COLE) added 11.43% or 0.400 points to end at 3.900 and Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) was up 11.33% or 188.00 points to 1847.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL), which lost 10.03% or 6.20 points to trade at 55.60 in late trade. Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) declined 7.79% or 4.70 points to end at 55.60 and Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) shed 7.23% or 4.30 points to 55.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 59 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.06% or 0.53 to $50.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.95% or 0.48 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.75 to trade at $1267.75 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.07% to 215.585, while USD/LKR rose 0.62% to 147.015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 93.83.