Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Beverages & Tobacco and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which rose 24.85% or 8.20 points to trade at 41.20 at the close. Meanwhile, People’s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) added 16.36% or 1.80 points to end at 12.80 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH), which fell 18.29% or 246.30 points to trade at 1100.50 at the close. Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) declined 17.13% or 84.80 points to end at 410.20 and Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC (CM:DIST) was down 14.46% or 3.60 points to 21.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 111 to 53 and 56 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.81% or 1.15 to $62.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 1.75% or 1.19 to hit $66.93 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.69% or 9.20 to trade at $1346.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.22% to 219.650, while USD/LKR rose 0.11% to 155.980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 89.80.