Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Plantations, Footwear & Textile and Manufacturing sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.82% to hit a new 1-month low.
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, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) was up 10.00% or 0.100 points to 1.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which fell 16.02% or 276.60 points to trade at 1450.00 at the close. Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK) declined 13.87% or 3.30 points to end at 20.50 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) was down 11.76% or 3.60 points to 27.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 137 to 62 and 39 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.37% or 0.21 to $56.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $62.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.81 to trade at $1273.09 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.03% to 201.210, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 153.620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.21.