Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Trading and Hotels & Travel sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.14%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ), which rose 16.08% or 4.10 points to trade at 29.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Asia Asset Finance Ltd (CM:ASAS) added 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and Lanka Tiles PLC (CM:TILE) was up 8.50% or 6.80 points to 86.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which fell 24.86% or 8.70 points to trade at 26.30 at the close. Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) declined 24.49% or 36.00 points to end at 111.00 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was down 19.87% or 12.40 points to 50.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 90 to 69 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 24.49% or 36.00 to 111.00. Shares in Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) fell to 52-week lows; down 19.87% or 12.40 to 50.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $74.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $85.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.30 to trade at $1191.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.19% to 225.170, while USD/LKR rose 0.12% to 171.240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.39.