Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Services, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.63% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 19.32% or 9.70 points to trade at 59.90 at the close. Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) added 9.42% or 37.80 points to end at 438.90 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 7.69% or 0.10 points to 1.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which lost 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.100 in late trade. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) shed 10.64% or 2.50 points to 21.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 79 and 16 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.56% or 0.29 to $52.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.74% or 0.42 to hit $57.27 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1154.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.31% to 206.160, while USD/LKR fell 0.34% to 133.370.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.75.