Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which rose 24.52% or 423.40 points to trade at 2150.00 at the close. Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) added 23.08% or 300.00 points to end at 1600.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 20.00% or 0.1000 points to 0.6000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which lost 50.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.1000 in late trade. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 19.03% or 17.20 points to end at 73.20 and Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) shed 15.89% or 3.40 points to 18.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 58 and 56 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.16% or 0.10 to $61.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.09% or 0.06 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.60 to trade at $1315.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 208.020, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 153.790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 92.29.