Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Footwear & Textile and Banking, Financials & Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 1.03% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY), which rose 21.77% or 84.90 points to trade at 474.90 at the close. Colombo Investment Trust PLC (CM:CIT) added 21.64% or 18.50 points to end at 104.00 and Lanka Ceramic PLC (CM:CERA) was up 18.37% or 22.50 points to 145.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 11.54% or 300.10 points to trade at 2300.00 in late trade. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) declined 6.67% or 0.10 points to end at 1.40 and Asia Asset Finance Ltd (CM:ASAS) shed 6.67% or 0.10 points to 1.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 144 to 54 and 42 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.25% or 0.56 to $44.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.98% or 0.45 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.05 to trade at $1297.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.20% to 213.520, while USD/LKR fell 0.41% to 145.625.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 92.21.