Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Construction & Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Bukit Darah PLC (CM:BUKI), which rose 23.39% or 65.40 points to trade at 345.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) added 14.91% or 7.90 points to end at 60.90 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 14.29% or 0.1000 points to 0.8000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL), which fell 14.29% or 9.00 points to trade at 54.00 at the close. Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) declined 10.54% or 5.90 points to end at 50.10 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was down 10.00% or 12.90 points to 116.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 84 to 73 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.28% or 0.64 to $49.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.18% or 0.60 to hit $50.19 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.75 to trade at $1271.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.47% to 179.795, while USD/LKR fell 0.05% to 147.655.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.19% at 98.50.