Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Services, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.63% 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 19.32% or 9.70 points to trade at 59.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) added 9.42% or 37.80 points to end at 438.90 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 7.69% or 0.10 points to 1.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.100 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) was down 10.64% or 2.50 points to 21.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 113 to 79 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) fell to all time lows; falling 50.00% or 0.100 to 0.100.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.56% or 0.29 to $52.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.74% or 0.42 to hit $57.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.17% or 2.00 to trade at $1154.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.31% to 206.160, while USD/LKR fell 0.34% to 133.370.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.75.