Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Plantations and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which rose 17.50% or 11.90 points to trade at 79.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Ceylon and Foreign Trades PLC (CM:CFT) added 9.09% or 0.50 points to end at 6.00 and Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS) was up 7.95% or 0.70 points to 9.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK), which fell 11.90% or 1.00 points to trade at 7.40 at the close. Union Assurance PLC (CM:UAL) declined 7.85% or 12.10 points to end at 142.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was down 6.25% or 0.100 points to 1.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 82 to 56 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.29% or 0.15 to $51.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $54.13 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.15 to trade at $1173.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.49% to 188.905, while USD/LKR rose 0.22% to 149.215.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 100.58.