Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Construction & Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP), which rose 25.00% or 31.30 points to trade at 156.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 14.57% or 295.00 points to end at 2320.00 and Sunshine Holdings PLC (CM:SUN) was up 11.49% or 6.00 points to 58.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) declined 7.69% or 0.10 points to end at 1.30 and Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) was down 7.66% or 1.80 points to 21.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 125 to 106 and 13 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) rose to all time highs; up 25.00% or 31.30 to 156.50.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.31% or 0.14 to $46.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $49.10 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1124.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.18% to 216.960, while USD/LKR rose 0.37% to 141.320.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 96.49.