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Sri Lanka stocks higher at close of trade; CSE All-Share up 0.08%

Published 09/12/2017, 06:45 AM
Updated 09/12/2017, 06:50 AM
© Reuters.  Sri Lanka stocks higher at close of trade; CSE All-Share up 0.08%

© Reuters. Sri Lanka stocks higher at close of trade; CSE All-Share up 0.08%

Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Trading, Plantations and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) added 24.85% or 4.10 points to end at 20.60 and Singer Sri Lanka PLC (CM:SINS) was up 19.14% or 8.50 points to 52.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which fell 24.95% or 369.70 points to trade at 1112.00 at the close. Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) declined 17.70% or 23.90 points to end at 111.10 and Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL) was down 11.22% or 1.10 points to 8.70.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 109 to 90 and 55 ended unchanged.

Shares in Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) fell to 52-week lows; falling 24.95% or 369.70 to 1112.00. Shares in Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 24.85% or 4.10 to 20.60. Shares in Singer Sri Lanka PLC (CM:SINS) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 19.14% or 8.50 to 52.90.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.25% or 0.12 to $47.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $53.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.56% or 7.46 to trade at $1328.24 a troy ounce.

GBP/LKR was up 0.81% to 202.930, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 152.840.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 91.93.

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