Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which rose 24.52% or 423.40 points to trade at 2150.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) added 23.08% or 300.00 points to end at 1600.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 20.00% or 0.1000 points to 0.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which fell 50.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.1000 at the close. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 19.03% or 17.20 points to end at 73.20 and Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) was down 15.89% or 3.40 points to 18.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 102 to 58 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) fell to all time lows; down 50.00% or 0.1000 to 0.1000.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.13% or 0.08 to $61.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.60 to trade at $1315.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 208.020, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 153.790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 92.29.