Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Investment Trust, Construction & Engineering and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) added 22.73% or 250.00 points to end at 1350.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 20.00% or 0.100 points to 0.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 15.64% or 231.70 points to trade at 1250.00 at the close. Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) declined 15.26% or 14.50 points to end at 80.50 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) was down 13.97% or 8.80 points to 54.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 90 to 87 and 55 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.77% or 0.50 to $64.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.55% or 0.38 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.50 to trade at $1337.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.23% to 220.465, while USD/LKR fell 0.19% to 155.770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 89.16.