Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Services, Information Technology and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 20.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.6000 at the close. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) added 17.46% or 7.70 points to end at 51.80 and Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) was up 15.38% or 0.400 points to 3.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 18.73% or 311.20 points to trade at 1350.00 in late trade. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) declined 18.51% or 249.80 points to end at 1100.00 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) shed 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 98 to 69 and 47 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.36% or 0.73 to $54.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.30% or 0.73 to hit $56.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 9.75 to trade at $1229.35 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.26% to 187.880, while USD/LKR rose 0.06% to 151.210.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 101.52.