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Sri Lanka shares lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.48%

Published 2018-03-20, 06:45 a/m
Updated 2018-03-20, 06:50 a/m
© Reuters.  Sri Lanka shares lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.48%

© Reuters. Sri Lanka shares lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.48%

Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Construction & Engineering and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.48% to hit a new 1-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Samson International PLC (CM:SIL), which rose 17.16% or 13.90 points to trade at 94.90 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.800 and Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) was up 12.50% or 50.00 points to 450.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which lost 33.33% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 in late trade. Ceylon Tea Services PLC (CM:CTEA) declined 12.32% or 75.20 points to end at 535.00 and Chemanex PLC (CM:CHMX) shed 11.52% or 7.20 points to 55.30.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 110 to 83 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.97% or 0.60 to $62.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.92% or 0.61 to hit $66.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.20 to trade at $1312.60 a troy ounce.

GBP/LKR was down 0.08% to 219.025, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 156.100.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 89.63.

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