Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Trading and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which rose 15.13% or 9.20 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 11.64% or 39.00 points to end at 374.00 and Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) was up 10.52% or 5.70 points to 59.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which fell 22.29% or 512.20 points to trade at 1786.00 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 12.50% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) was down 9.26% or 5.10 points to 50.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 73 to 72 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.42% or 0.19 to $45.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.56% or 0.26 to hit $46.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.40% or 5.15 to trade at $1284.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.03% to 183.730, while USD/LKR rose 0.24% to 148.230.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.69.