Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Banking, Financials & Insurance and Plantations sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 50.00% or 0.20 points to trade at 0.60 at the close. Meanwhile, PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) added 50.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.300 and Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust PLC (CM:GUAR) was up 7.50% or 12.90 points to 184.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 21.98% or 549.40 points to trade at 1950.00 at the close. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) declined 14.84% or 174.20 points to end at 1000.00 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was down 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 137 to 51 and 18 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 50.00% or 0.100 to 0.300.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.80% or 0.34 to $42.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.83% or 0.37 to hit $45.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.66% or 7.00 to trade at $1073.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.15% to 215.730, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 142.670.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 99.67.