Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Power & Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.47% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV), which rose 11.11% or 7.00 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Madulsima Plantations PLC (CM:MADU) added 9.76% or 0.80 points to end at 9.00 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) was up 8.64% or 6.20 points to 78.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which fell 18.97% or 351.10 points to trade at 1500.00 at the close. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) declined 14.29% or 0.10 points to end at 0.60 and Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) was down 13.38% or 3.60 points to 23.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 130 to 75 and 23 ended unchanged.
Shares in Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 13.38% or 3.60 to 23.30.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.04% or 0.43 to $41.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.13% or 0.50 to hit $43.94 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.26% or 2.80 to trade at $1066.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 215.255, while USD/LKR fell 0.26% to 142.825.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 100.13.