Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Power & Energy and Manufacturing sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.40% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kotmale Holdings PLC (CM:LAMB), which rose 25.00% or 21.40 points to trade at 107.00 at the close. Bimputh Finance PLC (CM:BIMP) added 12.00% or 4.80 points to end at 44.80 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 1.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lee Hedges PLC (CM:SHAW), which lost 14.86% or 9.60 points to trade at 55.00 in late trade. Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK) declined 12.50% or 1.00 points to end at 7.00 and Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) shed 12.24% or 342.70 points to 2457.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 86 to 71 and 70 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.68% or 0.33 to $48.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.80% or 0.41 to hit $51.76 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1203.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.23% to 183.945, while USD/LKR rose 1.03% to 151.620.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 101.44.