Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) added 23.72% or 6.00 points to end at 31.30 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 16.19% or 3.40 points to 24.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which lost 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 in late trade. Ceylon Leather Products PLC (CM:CLPL) declined 7.78% or 4.90 points to end at 58.10 and Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) shed 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 144 to 49 and 44 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.70% or 0.37 to $52.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.81% or 0.45 to hit $54.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1288.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.29% to 191.815, while USD/LKR rose 0.05% to 152.040.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 100.04.