Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Motors and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.27% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 23.84% or 14.40 points to trade at 74.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) added 21.16% or 12.40 points to end at 71.00 and Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) was up 11.76% or 10.00 points to 95.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH), which fell 17.16% or 2.90 points to trade at 14.00 at the close. Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) declined 11.87% or 5.90 points to end at 43.80 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) was down 9.93% or 148.90 points to 1350.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 108 to 57 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.74% or 0.36 to $48.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.12% or 0.56 to hit $49.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1284.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.27% to 204.720, while USD/LKR rose 0.15% to 145.000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 94.89.