Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Land & Property, Construction & Engineering and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.22% to hit a new 1-month low.
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. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) added 15.83% or 273.40 points to end at 2000.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Kotmale Holdings PLC (CM:LAMB) declined 11.96% or 27.20 points to end at 200.30 and Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) shed 10.71% or 8.40 points to 70.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 67 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.41% or 0.19 to $46.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.48% or 0.23 to hit $48.52 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 4.92 to trade at $1263.98 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.01% to 193.860, while USD/LKR rose 0.23% to 153.015.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 97.05.