Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Diversified Holdings and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI), which rose 19.59% or 28.50 points to trade at 174.00 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Ceylon Tea Services PLC (CM:CTEA) was up 13.84% or 84.50 points to 695.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which lost 10.55% or 5.80 points to trade at 49.20 in late trade. Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV) declined 8.11% or 0.300 points to end at 3.400 and Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) shed 7.96% or 0.90 points to 10.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 77 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 1.45% or 0.76 to $53.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.27% or 0.71 to hit $56.57 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.68% or 20.05 to trade at $1216.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.60% to 181.680, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 149.800.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.64% at 100.88.