Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Trading, Motors and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 20.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Brown & Company PLC (CM:BRWN), which lost 14.16% or 9.90 points to trade at 60.00 in late trade. York Arcade Holdings PLC (CM:YORK) declined 10.60% or 10.60 points to end at 89.40 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) shed 9.91% or 3.20 points to 29.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 70 and 74 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.64% or 0.46 to $71.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.84% or 0.67 to hit $78.90 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.00 to trade at $1296.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.58% to 211.070, while USD/LKR rose 0.05% to 157.990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 93.78.