Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Motors and Plantations sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR), which rose 33.33% or 0.300 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Meanwhile, CT Land Development PLC (CM:CTLD) added 17.61% or 7.50 points to end at 50.10 and Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) was up 14.29% or 5.00 points to 40.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were On’ally Holdings PLC (CM:ONAL), which fell 18.74% or 10.40 points to trade at 45.10 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Pegasus Hotels of Ceylon PLC (CM:PEG) was down 11.76% or 4.00 points to 30.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 84 to 65 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in On’ally Holdings PLC (CM:ONAL) fell to 3-years lows; falling 18.74% or 10.40 to 45.10. Shares in SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) fell to 5-year lows; down 16.67% or 0.1000 to 0.5000.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.23% or 0.12 to $52.93 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $55.70 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 0.95 to trade at $1212.35 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.32% to 189.945, while USD/LKR rose 0.11% to 150.610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 99.61.