Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.36% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 25.00% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV) added 20.00% or 0.600 points to end at 3.600 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) was up 15.69% or 8.80 points to 64.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which fell 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.400 at the close. Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) declined 15.70% or 224.50 points to end at 1205.10 and Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) was down 14.92% or 6.40 points to 36.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 122 to 65 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) fell to all time lows; losing 20.00% or 0.100 to 0.400.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.32% or 0.15 to $47.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.49% or 0.25 to hit $51.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.87 to trade at $1275.83 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.15% to 197.355, while USD/LKR fell 0.02% to 153.190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.90.