Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Trading, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.69% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) added 16.04% or 154.80 points to end at 1120.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 14.29% or 0.1000 points to 0.8000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lankem Ceylon PLC (CM:LCEY), which lost 11.11% or 5.00 points to trade at 40.00 in late trade. Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) declined 10.53% or 2.20 points to end at 18.70 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) shed 10.40% or 6.50 points to 56.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 65 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.38% or 0.18 to $47.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.49% or 0.25 to hit $50.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.81% or 10.45 to trade at $1279.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.77% to 197.185, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 93.64.