Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Beverages & Tobacco, Telecoms and Trading sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.17% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were ACL Cables PLC (CM:ACL), which rose 100.17% or 57.55 points to trade at 115.00 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 50.00% or 0.200 points to end at 0.600 and Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) was up 17.21% or 69.00 points to 470.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which lost 13.13% or 15.10 points to trade at 99.90 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) shed 11.05% or 6.40 points to 51.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 68 and 47 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.59% or 1.20 to $47.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.39% or 1.14 to hit $48.91 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.01% or 13.35 to trade at $1311.35 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.05% to 195.570, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 147.880.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.49% at 96.08.