Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.95% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 25.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.5000 at the close. Colombo Investment Trust PLC (CM:CIT) added 20.11% or 11.72 points to end at 70.00 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 20.00% or 0.100 points to 0.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE), which lost 22.47% or 89.90 points to trade at 310.10 in late trade. Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) declined 12.50% or 4.00 points to end at 28.00 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) shed 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 134 to 64 and 45 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.08% or 0.74 to $69.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.14% or 0.89 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.40 to trade at $1204.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.32% to 217.470, while USD/LKR rose 0.49% to 165.710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.16.