Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Palm Oil and Motors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 50.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.3000 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) was up 25.00% or 2.40 points to 12.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which lost 24.13% or 349.90 points to trade at 1100.00 in late trade. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) declined 17.81% or 240.60 points to end at 1110.50 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) shed 10.00% or 6.00 points to 54.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 91 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.90% or 0.43 to $48.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.99% or 0.50 to hit $50.96 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.49 to trade at $1255.51 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.03% to 196.395, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 152.060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 98.96.