Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Palm Oil sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE), which rose 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS) added 9.52% or 0.60 points to end at 6.90 and On’ally Holdings PLC (CM:ONAL) was up 8.95% or 4.10 points to 49.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ASCOT Holdings PLC (CM:ASCO), which lost 25.00% or 10.00 points to trade at 30.00 in late trade. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) declined 18.65% or 130.70 points to end at 570.00 and Browns Investments PLC (CM:BROW) shed 7.41% or 0.200 points to 2.500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 91 to 59 and 68 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.20% or 0.13 to $64.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.95% or 0.67 to hit $69.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.60 to trade at $1332.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.33% to 211.655, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 153.860.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 90.52.