Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Power & Energy and Motors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH), which rose 13.08% or 39.90 points to trade at 345.00 at the close. Vidullanka PLC (CM:VLL) added 11.70% or 1.10 points to end at 10.50 and Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) was up 10.00% or 0.20 points to 2.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 in late trade. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) declined 9.09% or 0.10 points to end at 1.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) shed 9.09% or 0.10 points to 1.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 124 to 81 and 18 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.12% or 1.10 to $51.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.89% or 1.10 to hit $57.05 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.60 to trade at $1152.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.35% to 208.640, while USD/LKR rose 0.83% to 134.755.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 96.81.