Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Construction & Engineering and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.22% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA), which rose 18.27% or 9.50 points to trade at 61.50 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT), which lost 11.89% or 1.70 points to trade at 12.60 in late trade. Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) declined 8.33% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) shed 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 68 to 63 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.30% or 0.16 to $53.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $55.90 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.97% or 11.05 to trade at $1144.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.02% to 183.990, while USD/LKR rose 0.08% to 149.845.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 103.01.