Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Trading, Banking, Financials & Insurance and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 19.20% or 259.20 points to trade at 1609.00 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.8000 and Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) was up 12.91% or 36.60 points to 320.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 21.74% or 361.20 points to trade at 1300.00 in late trade. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 10.19% or 6.30 points to end at 55.50 and Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC (CM:CHOT) shed 7.23% or 1.70 points to 21.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 77 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.94% or 0.47 to $49.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.01% or 0.51 to hit $50.14 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.76% or 9.85 to trade at $1282.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.34% to 213.785, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 145.690.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 93.53.