Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Trading, Footwear & Textile and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 1.21% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) added 18.25% or 73.00 points to end at 473.00 and York Arcade Holdings PLC (CM:YORK) was up 15.12% or 13.00 points to 99.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which lost 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.400 in late trade. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) declined 16.80% or 8.10 points to end at 40.10 and MTD Walkers PLC (CM:KAPI) shed 16.67% or 1.60 points to 8.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 148 to 41 and 44 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.69% or 0.50 to $72.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.01% or 0.81 to hit $81.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1205.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.28% to 222.040, while USD/LKR rose 0.12% to 168.870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.75.