Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Motors and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which rose 13.75% or 44.00 points to trade at 364.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was up 10.84% or 3.10 points to 31.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Talawakelle Tea Estate PLC (CM:TPL), which fell 10.11% or 3.60 points to trade at 32.00 at the close. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) declined 7.31% or 95.00 points to end at 1205.00 and Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) was down 6.82% or 4.10 points to 56.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 101 to 63 and 59 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.78% or 0.40 to $50.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.72% or 0.38 to hit $52.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.28% or 3.55 to trade at $1256.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.45% to 181.850, while USD/LKR rose 0.22% to 147.330.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 97.45.