Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO), which rose 23.75% or 95.00 points to trade at 495.00 at the close. Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT) added 20.87% or 2.40 points to end at 13.90 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which lost 21.95% or 2812.50 points to trade at 10000.00 in late trade. Taprobane Holdings PLC (CM:AMBE) declined 19.23% or 1.000 points to end at 4.200 and Samson International PLC (CM:SIL) shed 14.23% or 13.90 points to 83.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 127 to 51 and 53 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.10% or 0.07 to $67.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $71.83 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.50 to trade at $1242.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.06% to 211.630, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 159.810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.21.