Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Healthcare and Trading sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.31% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which rose 23.46% or 19.00 points to trade at 100.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Balangoda Plantations PLC (CM:BALA) added 11.67% or 1.40 points to end at 13.40 and Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL) was up 9.84% or 1.90 points to 21.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML), which fell 18.52% or 5.00 points to trade at 22.00 at the close. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 13.56% or 8.00 points to end at 51.00 and People’s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) was down 10.55% or 2.10 points to 17.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 117 to 48 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.39% or 0.67 to $48.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.68% or 0.82 to hit $49.72 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.61% or 7.35 to trade at $1217.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.91% to 185.305, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 148.210.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 100.94.