Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Information Technology and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL), which rose 10.56% or 1.90 points to trade at 19.90 at the close. F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) added 9.09% or 0.100 points to end at 1.200 and Marawila Resorts PLC (CM:MARA) was up 8.70% or 0.200 points to 2.500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO), which lost 13.00% or 59.80 points to trade at 400.10 in late trade. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) declined 11.10% or 149.80 points to end at 1200.00 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) shed 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 71 to 68 and 54 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.60% or 0.31 to $52.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.53% or 0.29 to hit $55.23 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1184.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 1.07% to 180.400, while USD/LKR fell 0.63% to 148.930.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 101.84.