Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Plantations, Investment Trust and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.12%.
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. J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) added 17.52% or 74.70 points to end at 501.00 and George Steuart Finance Ltd (CM:GEOR) was up 15.05% or 3.10 points to 23.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings PLC (CM:AHUN), which lost 9.19% or 3.40 points to trade at 33.60 in late trade. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 8.33% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK) shed 7.69% or 0.10 points to 1.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 111 to 75 and 69 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.40% or 0.21 to $52.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.65% or 0.38 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 5.99 to trade at $1305.51 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 205.745, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 153.020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 92.80.