Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Services, Telecoms and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) added 46.52% or 8.70 points to end at 27.40 and Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) was up 24.39% or 3.00 points to 15.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 24.95% or 369.70 points to trade at 1112.00 at the close. Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN) declined 8.85% or 1.70 points to end at 17.50 and Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) was down 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 109 to 66 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) fell to 52-week lows; falling 24.95% or 369.70 to 1112.00. Shares in Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) rose to 3-years highs; up 46.52% or 8.70 to 27.40. Shares in Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) fell to all time lows; losing 7.69% or 0.100 to 1.200.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.95% or 0.46 to $48.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.77% or 0.42 to hit $54.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.86 to trade at $1338.56 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 202.850, while USD/LKR rose 0.09% to 152.990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 91.82.