Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Beverages & Tobacco and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO), which rose 19.47% or 219.00 points to trade at 1344.00 at the close. Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) added 15.58% or 2.40 points to end at 17.80 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which lost 33.33% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 in late trade. Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) declined 18.67% or 16.30 points to end at 71.00 and Lion Brewery Ceylon PLC (CM:LION) shed 10.87% or 48.90 points to 401.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 106 to 89 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.66% or 0.34 to $50.79 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.72% or 0.39 to hit $53.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.85 to trade at $1259.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.47% to 197.770, while USD/LKR fell 0.15% to 152.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 96.81.