Sri Lankan stocks flat

Sri Lankan shares ended little changed on Wednesday, at a near four-week low, as losses in shares of beverage companies outweighed gains in bank stocks even as many investors continued to stay on the sidelines looking for fresh cues.
President Maithripala Sirisena's appeal to his own coalition government and the opposition in parliament on Tuesday to end a power struggle failed to cheer investors as weakness in the rupee continued to weigh. The Colombo stock index ended 0.03 percent weaker at 6,483.65, its lowest since April 12. The index lost 0.37 percent last week, its second straight weekly fall.