Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Trading and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and On’ally Holdings PLC (CM:ONAL) was up 16.27% or 8.10 points to 57.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG), which lost 15.51% or 11.40 points to trade at 62.10 in late trade. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Ceylinco Insurance PLC (CM:CINS) shed 7.79% or 143.60 points to 1700.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 74 and 55 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.31% or 0.19 to $61.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $65.07 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1319.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 216.455, while USD/LKR rose 0.06% to 155.740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.99.