Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Investment Trust, Footwear & Textile and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lanka Cement PLC (CM:LCEM), which rose 18.60% or 0.80 points to trade at 5.10 at the close. Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) added 13.28% or 6.80 points to end at 58.00 and Kotmale Holdings PLC (CM:LAMB) was up 12.25% or 24.50 points to 224.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO), which lost 22.99% or 328.60 points to trade at 1101.00 in late trade. Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) declined 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.400 and Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) shed 11.65% or 2.90 points to 22.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 122 to 63 and 53 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.83% or 0.42 to $50.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.65% or 0.36 to hit $55.84 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.74 to trade at $1311.54 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.21% to 206.740, while USD/LKR rose 0.09% to 153.140.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 91.66.