Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Palm Oil and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL), which rose 15.63% or 5.00 points to trade at 37.00 at the close. Dolphin Hotels PLC (CM:STAF) added 15.14% or 3.80 points to end at 28.90 and Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV) was up 13.81% or 5.80 points to 47.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lanka Ceramic PLC (CM:CERA), which lost 11.39% or 18.00 points to trade at 140.00 in late trade. Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) declined 9.09% or 2.50 points to end at 25.00 and Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) shed 8.33% or 2.00 points to 22.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 69 and 67 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.45% or 0.31 to $68.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $74.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.50 to trade at $1328.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.22% to 219.195, while USD/LKR rose 0.29% to 157.210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 90.69.