Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Palm Oil and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL), which rose 15.63% or 5.00 points to trade at 37.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Dolphin Hotels PLC (CM:STAF) added 15.14% or 3.80 points to end at 28.90 and Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV) was up 13.81% or 5.80 points to 47.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lanka Ceramic PLC (CM:CERA), which fell 11.39% or 18.00 points to trade at 140.00 at the close. Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) declined 9.09% or 2.50 points to end at 25.00 and Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) was down 8.33% or 2.00 points to 22.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 101 to 69 and 67 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.48% or 0.33 to $68.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $74.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.50 to trade at $1328.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.22% to 219.195, while USD/LKR rose 0.29% to 157.210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 90.68.