Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Investment Trust and Land & Property sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL), which rose 24.62% or 4.80 points to trade at 24.30 at the close. Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 23.58% or 18.70 points to end at 98.00 and Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) was up 23.25% or 9.30 points to 49.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which lost 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 in late trade. Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK) declined 9.29% or 1.30 points to end at 12.70 and Waskaduwa Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITW) shed 8.51% or 0.40 points to 4.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 86 and 67 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.40% or 0.19 to $46.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.46% or 0.23 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 5.72 to trade at $1224.92 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.03% to 198.860, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 153.690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.02.