Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Plantations, Power & Energy and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) added 14.29% or 0.300 points to end at 2.400 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was up 12.90% or 16.90 points to 147.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) shed 10.15% or 3.40 points to 30.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 68 and 63 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.21% or 0.13 to $62.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $65.62 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.46% or 6.10 to trade at $1326.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 214.895, while USD/LKR rose 0.09% to 155.100.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.90.