Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Telecoms and Motors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) was up 10.87% or 5.50 points to 56.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 12.47% or 249.30 points to trade at 1750.00 at the close. Talawakelle Tea Estate PLC (CM:TPL) declined 9.50% or 3.80 points to end at 36.20 and PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) was down 9.09% or 0.10 points to 1.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 115 to 109 and 19 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.69% or 0.40 to $58.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 0.77 to hit $62.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.51% or 6.00 to trade at $1173.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.59% to 208.880, while USD/LKR fell 0.84% to 132.800.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.33.