Sri Lanka stocks lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.07%

Sri Lanka stocks lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.07%

 Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in theInformation Technology, Investment Trust and Trading sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.07%.

The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 24.51% or 12.50 points to trade at 63.50 at the close. Meanwhile,Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) added 15.97% or 9.90 points to end at 71.90 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was up 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.300 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Colombo Fort Investments PLC (CM:CFI), which fell 17.78% or 16.00 points to trade at 74.00 at the close. Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) declined 16.15% or 2.10 points to end at 10.90 and Ceylon Tea Services PLC (CM:CTEA) was down 12.55% or 104.00 points to 725.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 93 to 93 and 61 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.50% or 0.23 to $45.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.48% or 0.23 to hit $48.58 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.74% or 9.95 to trade at $1357.45 a troy ounce.

GBP/LKR was down 0.30% to 187.080, while USD/LKR fell 0.09% to 145.260.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.86% at 94.76.