Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT), which rose 19.47% or 3.70 points to trade at 22.70 at the close. Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) added 14.36% or 2.70 points to end at 21.50 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND), which lost 17.73% or 6.10 points to trade at 28.30 in late trade. Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) declined 8.98% or 38.50 points to end at 390.00 and Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) shed 8.93% or 2.50 points to 25.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 94 to 80 and 40 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.48% or 0.31 to $63.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.70% or 0.47 to hit $67.15 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 9.40 to trade at $1345.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.16% to 216.045, while USD/LKR rose 0.21% to 154.640.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.40.