Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Services and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.50% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 20.00% or 12.30 points to trade at 73.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) added 16.92% or 6.80 points to end at 47.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were MTD Walkers PLC (CM:KAPI), which fell 11.89% or 2.20 points to trade at 16.30 at the close. Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) declined 10.04% or 5.00 points to end at 44.80 and Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) was down 8.38% or 6.80 points to 74.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 119 to 63 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in MTD Walkers PLC (CM:KAPI) fell to 5-year lows; losing 11.89% or 2.20 to 16.30.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.06% or 0.04 to $66.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $75.64 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1297.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.07% to 209.600, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 158.010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 94.38.