Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Trading, Footwear & Textile and Land & Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.31% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lanka Ventures PLC (CM:LVEN), which rose 10.12% or 4.20 points to trade at 45.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) added 9.45% or 37.90 points to end at 439.00 and Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL) was up 8.53% or 1.10 points to 14.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. People`s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) declined 12.09% or 3.30 points to end at 24.00 and PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) was down 9.09% or 0.10 points to 1.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 103 to 96 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $53.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.30% or 0.17 to hit $57.33 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.18% or 2.10 to trade at $1164.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.14% to 208.330, while USD/LKR fell 0.10% to 133.590.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.71% at 97.11.