Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Motors and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which rose 8.33% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) added 7.82% or 2.90 points to end at 40.00 and Waskaduwa Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITW) was up 6.25% or 0.30 points to 5.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI), which lost 14.53% or 24.70 points to trade at 145.30 in late trade. First Capital Holdings PLC (CM:CFVF) declined 8.39% or 2.40 points to end at 26.20 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) shed 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 53 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 2.70% or 1.17 to $44.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.34% or 1.04 to hit $45.47 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.45% or 5.45 to trade at $1227.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.31% to 185.005, while USD/LKR rose 0.13% to 148.010.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 99.72.