Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Plantations, Power & Energy and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.13% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR), which rose 23.81% or 0.500 points to trade at 2.600 at the close. Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 47.90 and Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL), which lost 24.66% or 9.00 points to trade at 27.50 in late trade. Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) declined 21.41% or 10.90 points to end at 40.00 and Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 10500.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 73 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.35% or 0.23 to $65.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.33% or 0.23 to hit $69.75 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.60 to trade at $1348.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.83% to 220.390, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 156.070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 88.98.