Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Services, Beverages & Tobacco and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.37%.
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, Colombo Investment Trust PLC (CM:CIT) added 19.71% or 14.80 points to end at 89.90 and Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) was up 19.23% or 10.00 points to 62.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which fell 23.18% or 400.30 points to trade at 1326.30 at the close. Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) declined 12.25% or 4.90 points to end at 35.10 and Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) was down 9.87% or 4.40 points to 40.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 87 to 63 and 58 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) rose to all time lows; rising 50.00% or 0.100 to 0.300.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.78% or 0.49 to $63.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $69.13 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 7.40 to trade at $1321.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.24% to 207.400, while USD/LKR fell 0.05% to 153.730.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 91.83.