Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 1.74% to hit a new 52-week low.
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 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) added 18.54% or 250.20 points to end at 1600.00 and Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) was up 15.26% or 2.90 points to 21.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which fell 20.00% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.50 at the close. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) declined 15.39% or 400.10 points to end at 2200.00 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was down 15.00% or 300.00 points to 1700.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 183 to 46 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.53% or 0.17 to $31.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $31.87 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.50 to trade at $1092.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.34% to 210.405, while USD/LKR rose 0.47% to 144.595.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 99.02.