Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.74% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Renuka City Hotel PLC (CM:RENU), which rose 24.98% or 66.30 points to trade at 331.70 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 20.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) was up 18.24% or 74.80 points to 485.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI), which lost 11.13% or 69.00 points to trade at 551.00 in late trade. Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) declined 7.69% or 0.100 points to end at 1.200 and John Keells PLC (CM:JKL) shed 5.92% or 3.90 points to 62.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 61 and 60 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.17% or 0.11 to $66.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $71.50 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.30 to trade at $1346.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.17% to 223.905, while USD/LKR rose 0.24% to 156.360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.19.