Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Diversified Holdings and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH), which rose 15.94% or 2.20 points to trade at 16.00 at the close. Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 13.04% or 39.10 points to end at 339.00 and Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) was up 11.45% or 74.50 points to 725.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which lost 24.33% or 21.90 points to trade at 68.10 in late trade. Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS) declined 15.84% or 1.60 points to end at 8.50 and Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI) shed 15.60% or 31.60 points to 171.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 107 to 66 and 41 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.27% or 1.11 to $47.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.88% or 0.94 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.69% or 9.25 to trade at $1348.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 193.905, while USD/LKR fell 0.14% to 146.105.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.59.