Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Plantations and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.12%.
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, Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) added 22.25% or 136.50 points to end at 749.90 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Balangoda Plantations PLC (CM:BALA), which fell 15.52% or 4.50 points to trade at 24.50 at the close. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 11.36% or 5.00 points to end at 39.00 and Madulsima Plantations PLC (CM:MADU) was down 9.40% or 1.10 points to 10.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 119 to 85 and 47 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $62.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $66.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.40 to trade at $1321.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.04% to 215.285, while USD/LKR rose 0.06% to 155.010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 90.38.