Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Trading and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.71% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE), which rose 12.97% or 51.90 points to trade at 451.90 at the close. Property Development PLC (CM:PDL) added 12.63% or 12.90 points to end at 115.00 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which lost 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 in late trade. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) declined 13.79% or 5.60 points to end at 35.00 and Central Industries PLC (CM:CIND) shed 13.52% or 4.80 points to 30.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 71 and 65 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.39% or 0.91 to $64.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.66% or 0.50 to hit $74.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1281.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.63% to 210.465, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 159.910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 94.85.