Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Motors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.8000 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS), which fell 21.05% or 1.60 points to trade at 6.00 at the close. Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) declined 12.59% or 5.40 points to end at 37.50 and Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) was down 10.63% or 8.50 points to 71.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 93 to 77 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS) fell to all time lows; falling 21.05% or 1.60 to 6.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.17% or 0.08 to $46.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.64% or 0.33 to hit $51.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.89% or 11.71 to trade at $1327.01 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.16% to 198.025, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 152.840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 91.70.