Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials & Insurance, Power & Energy and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were AIA Insurance Lanka PLC (CM:AVIV), which rose 80.92% or 425.00 points to trade at 950.20 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 25.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) was up 18.48% or 5.60 points to 35.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH), which lost 7.30% or 1.30 points to trade at 16.50 in late trade. Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) declined 6.25% or 4.00 points to end at 60.00 and Colombo City Holdings PLC (CM:PHAR) shed 6.24% or 47.60 points to 715.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 91 to 65 and 64 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.16% or 1.51 to $71.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.88% or 1.47 to hit $79.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.20 to trade at $1199.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.25% to 207.565, while USD/LKR rose 0.21% to 161.940.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 95.53.