Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Construction & Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.89% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Alliance Finance Company PLC (CM:ALLI), which rose 908.74% or 936.00 points to trade at 1039.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 17.01% or 54.80 points to end at 377.00 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was up 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Millennium Housing Developers PLC (CM:MHDL), which fell 17.28% or 1.40 points to trade at 6.70 at the close. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 17.25% or 14.20 points to end at 68.10 and Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) was down 13.04% or 1.80 points to 12.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 150 to 43 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 17.25% or 14.20 to 68.10. Shares in Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) fell to all time lows; losing 13.04% or 1.80 to 12.00.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.87% or 0.40 to $45.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.62% or 0.29 to hit $46.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1224.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.07% to 184.235, while USD/LKR fell 0.08% to 148.025.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 100.42.