Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Investment Trust and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.41% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) added 9.75% or 3.90 points to end at 40.00 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was up 8.33% or 0.10 points to 1.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 23.94% or 598.40 points to trade at 1901.00 at the close. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) declined 16.67% or 0.10 points to end at 0.60 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) was down 12.01% or 95.50 points to 700.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 147 to 61 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) fell to all time lows; losing 16.67% or 0.10 to 0.60.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.99% or 0.46 to $46.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.84% or 0.41 to hit $49.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.43% or 4.90 to trade at $1131.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.24% to 217.550, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 141.075.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 97.19.