Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Motors and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.03% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT), which rose 17.39% or 20.00 points to trade at 135.00 at the close. Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) added 12.14% or 1.70 points to end at 15.70 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 10.00% or 0.100 points to 1.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 19.01% or 281.70 points to trade at 1200.00 in late trade. Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) declined 8.46% or 38.90 points to end at 421.00 and Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) shed 6.54% or 3.10 points to 44.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 98 to 73 and 70 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.38% or 0.64 to $46.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.40% or 0.68 to hit $49.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.06 to trade at $1251.24 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.12% to 199.820, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 153.540.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.82.