Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Plantations sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 20.00% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.50 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) was up 11.11% or 1500.000 points to 15000.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which lost 33.33% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 in late trade. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 20.00% or 500.00 points to end at 1999.40 and Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) shed 12.47% or 136.10 points to 955.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.27% or 0.12 to $43.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $47.87 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.39% or 4.20 to trade at $1092.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.32% to 215.130, while USD/LKR rose 0.24% to 142.280.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 99.18.