Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Palm Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH), which rose 12.81% or 3.60 points to trade at 31.70 at the close. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) added 12.00% or 5.70 points to end at 53.20 and Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS) was up 10.00% or 1.00 points to 11.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which lost 12.88% or 7.70 points to trade at 52.10 in late trade. Gestetner of Ceylon PLC (CM:GEST) declined 10.94% or 12.90 points to end at 105.00 and Lee Hedges PLC (CM:SHAW) shed 10.00% or 40.00 points to 360.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 73 and 74 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.77% or 0.86 to $49.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.85% or 0.94 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.45% or 5.75 to trade at $1275.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.78% to 185.720, while USD/LKR fell 0.45% to 146.020.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.06.