Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Trading sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG) added 12.04% or 11.50 points to end at 107.00 and Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) was up 10.34% or 0.30 points to 3.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which fell 8.33% or 7.50 points to trade at 82.50 at the close. Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) declined 7.49% or 113.40 points to end at 1400.00 and Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) was down 6.43% or 1.10 points to 16.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 103 to 89 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.34% or 0.15 to $43.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $45.09 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.07% or 13.85 to trade at $1277.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.11% to 213.255, while USD/LKR rose 0.69% to 146.625.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 93.23.