Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Trading and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 20.00% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.8000 and Colombo Investment Trust PLC (CM:CIT) was up 12.36% or 11.00 points to 100.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which lost 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.100 in late trade. Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) declined 24.81% or 3350.00 points to end at 10150.00 and Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) shed 12.21% or 174.60 points to 1255.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 64 and 64 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.34% or 0.16 to $46.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.51% or 0.25 to hit $49.09 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.06 to trade at $1238.84 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.04% to 200.405, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 153.790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.55.