Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Land & Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.06% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) added 20.00% or 0.300 points to end at 1.800 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was up 15.43% or 2.50 points to 18.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which lost 23.18% or 271.70 points to trade at 900.30 in late trade. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Ceylon Hospitals PLC (CM:CHL) shed 11.62% or 9.30 points to 70.70.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 89 to 72 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.02% or 0.01 to $66.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $76.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1301.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.20% to 213.500, while USD/LKR rose 0.17% to 159.460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.58.