Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Plantations, Land & Property and Stores & Supplies 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 Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) added 24.83% or 10.70 points to end at 53.80 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 20.00% or 0.100 points to 0.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT), which fell 14.73% or 72.70 points to trade at 421.00 at the close. Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) declined 14.29% or 100.00 points to end at 600.00 and Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) was down 11.65% or 11.60 points to 88.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 88 to 84 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) rose to all time lows; up 20.00% or 0.100 to 0.600.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.48% or 1.71 to $70.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.42% or 1.81 to hit $76.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.90 to trade at $1307.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.46% to 214.050, while USD/LKR rose 0.25% to 157.990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 92.94.