Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Trading and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were C T Holdings PLC (CM:CTHR), which rose 9.68% or 15.00 points to trade at 170.00 at the close. Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) added 8.53% or 96.00 points to end at 1221.00 and Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN) was up 7.86% or 1.10 points to 15.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which lost 18.54% or 13.00 points to trade at 57.10 in late trade. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) declined 16.89% or 246.00 points to end at 1210.10 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) shed 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.600.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 84 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.58% or 0.29 to $49.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.97% or 0.51 to hit $52.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.35 to trade at $1263.75 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.02% to 196.300, while USD/LKR fell 0.09% to 152.650.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.38.