Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Beverages & Tobacco, Telecoms and Trading sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were ACL Cables PLC (CM:ACL), which rose 100.17% or 57.55 points to trade at 115.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 50.00% or 0.200 points to end at 0.600 and Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) was up 17.21% or 69.00 points to 470.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which fell 13.13% or 15.10 points to trade at 99.90 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) was down 11.05% or 6.40 points to 51.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 100 to 68 and 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) fell to 5-year lows; losing 11.11% or 0.100 to 0.800.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.59% or 1.20 to $47.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.41% or 1.15 to hit $48.92 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.00% or 13.20 to trade at $1311.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.05% to 195.570, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 147.880.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 96.08.