Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Investment Trust and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) added 24.78% or 11.20 points to end at 56.40 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which lost 11.09% or 122.30 points to trade at 980.00 in late trade. Ceylinco Insurance PLC (CM:CINS) declined 7.41% or 120.00 points to end at 1500.00 and Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) shed 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 94 to 80 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.37% or 0.17 to $46.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $48.63 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.42 to trade at $1237.12 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.02% to 200.420, while USD/LKR rose 0.20% to 153.790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 94.43.