Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Hotels & Travel sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) added 16.85% or 252.40 points to end at 1750.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 16.67% or 0.1000 points to 0.7000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dipped Products PLC (CM:DIPD), which lost 7.43% or 6.90 points to trade at 86.00 in late trade. Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) declined 6.74% or 29.00 points to end at 401.00 and Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) shed 5.88% or 0.100 points to 1.600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 65 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.52% or 0.33 to $63.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.49% or 0.33 to hit $67.97 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.70 to trade at $1341.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.38% to 219.185, while USD/LKR rose 0.39% to 155.840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 89.73.