Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Motors, Land & Property and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.40% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Commercial Leasing & Finance PLC (CM:COLE) added 11.43% or 0.400 points to end at 3.900 and Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) was up 11.33% or 188.00 points to 1847.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL), which fell 10.03% or 6.20 points to trade at 55.60 at the close. Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) declined 7.79% or 4.70 points to end at 55.60 and Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) was down 7.23% or 4.30 points to 55.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 106 to 59 and 48 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.08% or 0.54 to $50.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.95% or 0.48 to hit $51.10 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.75 to trade at $1267.75 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.07% to 215.585, while USD/LKR rose 0.62% to 147.015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 93.83.