Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Motors, Healthcare and Power & Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.12% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kahawatte Plantations PLC (CM:KAHA), which rose 15.63% or 5.00 points to trade at 37.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) added 14.42% or 7.50 points to end at 59.50 and Colombo Investment Trust PLC (CM:CIT) was up 14.37% or 11.80 points to 93.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO), which fell 12.33% or 148.00 points to trade at 1052.00 at the close. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) declined 11.10% or 149.80 points to end at 1200.00 and Madulsima Plantations PLC (CM:MADU) was down 9.86% or 0.70 points to 6.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 66 to 66 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) fell to 3-years lows; falling 12.33% or 148.00 to 1052.00. Shares in Madulsima Plantations PLC (CM:MADU) fell to 5-year lows; down 9.86% or 0.70 to 6.40.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.43% or 0.23 to $53.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.40% or 0.22 to hit $55.57 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.05 to trade at $1135.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.26% to 184.085, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 149.185.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 103.21.