Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Footwear & Textile and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.52% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) added 22.86% or 91.90 points to end at 493.90 and Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) was up 11.18% or 3.70 points to 36.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guardian Capital Partners PLC (CM:WAPO), which lost 16.67% or 4.00 points to trade at 20.00 in late trade. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 15.98% or 13.50 points to end at 71.00 and Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) shed 12.79% or 2.20 points to 15.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 97 to 65 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $67.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.75% or 9.50 to trade at $1259.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.49% to 209.690, while USD/LKR fell 0.20% to 158.460.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.22.