Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Plantations and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which rose 17.50% or 11.90 points to trade at 79.90 at the close. Ceylon and Foreign Trades PLC (CM:CFT) added 9.09% or 0.50 points to end at 6.00 and Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS) was up 7.95% or 0.70 points to 9.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK), which lost 11.90% or 1.00 points to trade at 7.40 in late trade. Union Assurance PLC (CM:UAL) declined 7.85% or 12.10 points to end at 142.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) shed 6.25% or 0.100 points to 1.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 82 to 56 and 58 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.29% or 0.15 to $51.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $54.13 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.15 to trade at $1173.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.49% to 188.905, while USD/LKR rose 0.22% to 149.215.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 100.58.