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Sri Lanka stocks lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.22%

Published 06/13/2017, 06:45 AM
Updated 06/13/2017, 06:45 AM
© Reuters.  Sri Lanka stocks lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.22%

© Reuters. Sri Lanka stocks lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.22%

Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Land & Property, Construction & Engineering and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.22% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) added 15.83% or 273.40 points to end at 2000.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Kotmale Holdings PLC (CM:LAMB) declined 11.96% or 27.20 points to end at 200.30 and Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) was down 10.71% or 8.40 points to 70.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 124 to 67 and 49 ended unchanged.

Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; up 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200.

Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.43% or 0.20 to $46.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.50% or 0.24 to hit $48.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.91 to trade at $1263.99 a troy ounce.

GBP/LKR was up 0.01% to 193.860, while USD/LKR rose 0.23% to 153.015.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.05.

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