Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Construction & Engineering and Power & Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.22% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 18.27% or 9.50 points to trade at 61.50 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT), which fell 11.89% or 1.70 points to trade at 12.60 at the close. Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) declined 8.33% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was down 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 68 to 63 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 8.33% or 0.100 to 1.100. Shares in F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) fell to all time lows; losing 8.33% or 0.100 to 1.100.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.30% or 0.16 to $53.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $55.90 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.97% or 11.05 to trade at $1144.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.02% to 183.990, while USD/LKR rose 0.08% to 149.845.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 103.01.