Real estate stocks gain in CSE

Sri Lankan shares closed marginally lower on Tuesday as losses in information technology stocks offset gains in real estate stocks.

The CSE All Share index settled down 0.07% at 23,882.82.

Eastern Merchants PLC and ‌Diesel & Motor ‌Engineering PLC ​were ‌the ⁠top ​percentage losers ⁠on the CSE All Share index, falling 8.7% and 7.8%, respectively.

Trading volume on the CSE All Share ⁠index fell to 160.8 million ‌shares ‌from 243.8 million ​on ‌Monday.

Equity market ‌turnover fell to 4.23 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($13.7 million) from 5.63 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.

Foreign ⁠investors ⁠were net sellers, offloading stocks worth 82.3 million rupees, while domestic investors were net buyers, purchasing shares worth 4.19 billion rupees, the data showed.