Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Trading, Land & Property and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) added 13.93% or 8.50 points to end at 69.50 and Ceylon Tea Services PLC (CM:CTEA) was up 13.82% or 76.50 points to 630.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which fell 50.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.1000 at the close. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) declined 7.69% or 0.100 points to end at 1.200 and Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) was down 7.34% or 3.50 points to 44.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 119 to 70 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200. Shares in PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) fell to all time lows; down 50.00% or 0.1000 to 0.1000. Shares in Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) fell to 3-years lows; down 7.34% or 3.50 to 44.20.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.53% or 0.69 to $45.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.35% or 0.64 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.12 to trade at $1216.82 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.02% to 197.485, while USD/LKR fell 0.04% to 153.660.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 95.50.