Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Trading and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which rose 15.13% or 9.20 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 11.64% or 39.00 points to end at 374.00 and Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) was up 10.52% or 5.70 points to 59.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 22.29% or 512.20 points to trade at 1786.00 in late trade. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 12.50% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) shed 9.26% or 5.10 points to 50.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 72 and 58 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.42% or 0.19 to $45.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.56% or 0.26 to hit $46.41 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.40% or 5.15 to trade at $1284.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.03% to 183.730, while USD/LKR rose 0.24% to 148.230.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.09% at 97.69.