Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Construction & Engineering and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
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, Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and City Housing and Real Estate Company PLC (CM:CHOU) was up 13.04% or 0.60 points to 5.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL), which fell 19.71% or 13.50 points to trade at 55.00 at the close. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) declined 17.37% or 7.80 points to end at 37.10 and Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) was down 12.80% or 3.20 points to 21.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 99 to 74 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) fell to 52-week lows; losing 12.80% or 3.20 to 21.80.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.06% or 0.71 to $66.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.72% or 0.52 to hit $71.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 9.10 to trade at $1191.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.14% to 203.670, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 160.170.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.75.