Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Healthcare and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.33% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) added 20.34% or 5.90 points to end at 34.90 and Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) was up 18.18% or 0.200 points to 1.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which lost 12.63% or 43.50 points to trade at 301.00 in late trade. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Kandy Hotels Company (1938) PLC (CM:KHC) shed 9.68% or 0.60 points to 5.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 84 to 71 and 56 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.51% or 0.29 to $57.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $63.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1266.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 204.640, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 153.140.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 93.16.