Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Services, Information Technology and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.15% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH), which rose 17.70% or 2.00 points to trade at 13.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Dolphin Hotels PLC (CM:STAF) added 10.80% or 3.10 points to end at 31.80 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) was up 10.00% or 0.100 points to 1.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which fell 22.58% or 350.00 points to trade at 1200.00 at the close. Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL) declined 20.00% or 1.50 points to end at 6.00 and Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) was down 19.01% or 281.70 points to 1200.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 109 to 51 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.73% or 0.42 to $57.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.67% or 0.42 to hit $62.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.50 to trade at $1270.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.53% to 205.160, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.370.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.30.