Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Motors, Investment Trust and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO), which rose 11.84% or 169.30 points to trade at 1598.90 at the close. Cargo Boat Development Company PLC (CM:CABO) added 10.34% or 8.70 points to end at 92.80 and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) was up 9.93% or 29.80 points to 329.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR), which lost 20.00% or 250.00 points to trade at 1000.00 in late trade. Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) declined 13.99% or 349.80 points to end at 2150.20 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) shed 10.00% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 65 and 56 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.36% or 0.19 to $52.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.04% or 0.02 to hit $55.30 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.65 to trade at $1200.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.42% to 186.735, while USD/LKR fell 0.05% to 150.220.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.39.