Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Construction & Engineering and Motors sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 2.02% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM), which rose 10.89% or 2.80 points to trade at 28.50 at the close. F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) added 9.09% or 0.10 points to end at 1.20 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) was up 9.09% or 0.10 points to 1.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN), which lost 23.38% or 3.60 points to trade at 11.80 in late trade. Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) declined 23.18% or 7.00 points to end at 23.20 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) shed 23.08% or 600.10 points to 2000.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 206 to 15 and 25 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.98% or 0.37 to $37.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.64% or 0.26 to hit $40.58 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.83% or 10.50 to trade at $1274.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.05% to 205.520, while USD/LKR fell 0.57% to 144.155.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 97.17.