Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Information Technology and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) added 24.02% or 193.70 points to end at 1000.00 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) was up 14.05% or 8.50 points to 69.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which lost 12.50% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.7000 in late trade. Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) shed 9.29% or 5.90 points to 57.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 103 to 87 and 59 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.30% or 0.14 to $46.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.26% or 0.13 to hit $49.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.81 to trade at $1225.29 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.15% to 197.045, while USD/LKR fell 0.08% to 152.390.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 99.29.