Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Plantations, Footwear & Textile and Construction & Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR), which rose 50.00% or 0.400 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 50.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.300 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 23.82% or 146.10 points to 759.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN), which fell 15.44% or 13.90 points to trade at 76.10 at the close. Samson International PLC (CM:SIL) declined 14.74% or 14.00 points to end at 81.00 and Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) was down 13.70% or 3.70 points to 23.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 85 to 73 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) rose to all time lows; gaining 50.00% or 0.100 to 0.300.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.25% or 0.16 to $63.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $66.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1330.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.45% to 214.815, while USD/LKR fell 0.08% to 154.570.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.72.