Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO), which rose 24.25% or 97.00 points to trade at 497.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) added 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) was up 14.66% or 61.20 points to 478.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL), which fell 11.48% or 2.40 points to trade at 18.50 at the close. Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) was down 10.79% or 5.20 points to 43.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 99 to 76 and 52 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.40% or 0.98 to $68.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.10% or 0.86 to hit $77.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1199.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.05% to 207.635, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 162.060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.39.