Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Healthcare and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.17% to hit a new 3-year low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 24.94% or 10.50 points to trade at 52.60 at the close. Asia Asset Finance Ltd (CM:ASAS) added 22.22% or 0.200 points to end at 1.100 and Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) was up 17.85% or 109.50 points to 722.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO), which lost 14.55% or 12.80 points to trade at 75.20 in late trade. Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) shed 12.99% or 11.50 points to 77.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 73 to 68 and 66 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.04% or 0.03 to $75.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.40% or 0.34 to hit $84.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 1.90 to trade at $1193.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.62% to 219.035, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 169.160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 95.36.