Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as in the sectors propelled shares .
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share unchanged 0% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 2550.00 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 0.600 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 109.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 0.100 in late trade. Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 1810.00 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) 0% or 0 points to 1.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 71 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.22% or 0.07 to $31.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 2.68% or 0.89 to hit $34.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.78% or 21.80 to trade at $1244.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was unchanged 0.00% to 200.115, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 144.050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 97.38.