Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Trading and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.15%.
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. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) added 11.55% or 5.80 points to end at 56.00 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 1.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which lost 18.18% or 10.00 points to trade at 45.00 in late trade. Ceylon Tea Services PLC (CM:CTEA) declined 13.93% or 89.00 points to end at 550.00 and Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) shed 11.85% or 1600.00 points to 11900.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 78 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.72% or 0.32 to $44.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.75% or 0.35 to hit $46.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 3.75 to trade at $1209.45 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.17% to 198.345, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 153.680.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.89.