Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Motors, Stores & Supplies and Construction & Engineering sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.12% to hit a new 6-months low.
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, Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) added 25.00% or 0.200 points to end at 1.000 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was up 10.00% or 0.300 points to 3.300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which fell 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 10.97% or 6.80 points to end at 55.20 and Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) was down 9.28% or 34.80 points to 340.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 88 to 69 and 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) fell to all time lows; falling 12.50% or 0.100 to 0.700.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.67% or 0.38 to $57.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.77% or 0.49 to hit $63.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1243.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.26% to 204.485, while USD/LKR rose 0.06% to 153.190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.99.