Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.17% to hit a new 3-years low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 24.94% or 10.50 points to trade at 52.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Asia Asset Finance Ltd (CM:ASAS) added 22.22% or 0.200 points to end at 1.100 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 17.85% or 109.50 points to 722.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO), which fell 14.55% or 12.80 points to trade at 75.20 at the close. Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) was down 12.99% or 11.50 points to 77.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 73 to 68 and 66 ended unchanged.
Shares in Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 14.29% or 0.100 to 0.600.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $75.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.41% or 0.35 to hit $84.63 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1193.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.62% to 219.035, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 169.160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 95.36.