Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.01%.
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, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) was up 14.75% or 159.40 points to 1240.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which fell 24.29% or 3112.50 points to trade at 9700.00 at the close. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) declined 19.01% or 281.70 points to end at 1200.00 and Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) was down 17.21% or 201.70 points to 970.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 98 to 74 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.23% or 0.15 to $63.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $67.22 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1334.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.03% to 216.055, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 154.930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 89.72.