Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Palm Oil sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.18%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which fell 12.88% or 7.70 points to trade at 52.10 at the close. Gestetner of Ceylon PLC (CM:GEST) declined 10.94% or 12.90 points to end at 105.00 and Lee Hedges PLC (CM:SHAW) was down 10.00% or 40.00 points to 360.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 83 to 73 and 74 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.77% or 0.86 to $49.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.83% or 0.93 to hit $51.80 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.