Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Trading and Land & Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) added 20.70% or 5.30 points to end at 30.90 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) was up 18.99% or 287.30 points to 1800.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG), which fell 10.09% or 11.00 points to trade at 98.00 at the close. Equity One PLC (CM:EQIT) declined 9.71% or 4.30 points to end at 40.00 and Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) was down 8.64% or 7.40 points to 78.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 154 to 67 and 15 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 18.99% or 287.30 to 1800.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.49% or 1.13 to $44.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.82% or 0.90 to hit $48.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.20 to trade at $1138.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.46% to 205.570, while USD/LKR fell 0.27% to 134.320.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.35% at 95.72.