Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.19% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR), which rose 53.33% or 0.800 points to trade at 2.300 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK) was up 15.38% or 0.20 points to 1.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT), which lost 17.18% or 3.90 points to trade at 18.80 in late trade. Amaya Leisure PLC (CM:CONN) declined 12.62% or 6.80 points to end at 47.10 and Kahawatte Plantations PLC (CM:KAHA) shed 11.75% or 4.70 points to 35.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 82 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.41% or 0.25 to $61.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.16% or 0.76 to hit $64.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.22% or 16.50 to trade at $1339.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.15% to 217.475, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 155.440.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 89.58.