Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Plantations, Power & Energy and Banking, Financials & Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.76% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which rose 20.00% or 15.00 points to trade at 90.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) added 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Lanka Cement PLC (CM:LCEM) was up 10.00% or 0.30 points to 3.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR), which fell 20.03% or 275.50 points to trade at 1100.00 at the close. Abans Electricals PLC (CM:ABAN) declined 12.26% or 10.90 points to end at 78.00 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) was down 11.73% or 8.20 points to 61.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 111 to 54 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 20.00% or 15.00 to 90.00. Shares in Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) rose to all time lows; rising 16.67% or 0.100 to 0.700.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $64.86 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $75.13 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.20 to trade at $1274.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.08% to 210.560, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 160.040.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 94.85.