Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Plantations, Footwear & Textile and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.82% to hit a new 1-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. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) was up 10.00% or 0.100 points to 1.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 16.02% or 276.60 points to trade at 1450.00 in late trade. Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK) declined 13.87% or 3.30 points to end at 20.50 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) shed 11.76% or 3.60 points to 27.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 137 to 62 and 39 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.37% or 0.21 to $56.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $62.93 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 5.81 to trade at $1273.09 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.03% to 201.210, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 153.620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.21.