Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Motors and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.27% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 23.84% or 14.40 points to trade at 74.80 at the close. Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) added 21.16% or 12.40 points to end at 71.00 and Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) was up 11.76% or 10.00 points to 95.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH), which lost 17.16% or 2.90 points to trade at 14.00 in late trade. Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) declined 11.87% or 5.90 points to end at 43.80 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) shed 9.93% or 148.90 points to 1350.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 57 and 58 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.74% or 0.36 to $48.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.14% or 0.57 to hit $49.26 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.65 to trade at $1284.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.27% to 204.720, while USD/LKR rose 0.15% to 145.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 94.89.