Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 1.24% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI), which rose 23.45% or 34.00 points to trade at 179.00 at the close. eChannelling PLC (CM:ECL) added 21.95% or 1.80 points to end at 10.00 and Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC (CM:CEYL) was up 21.87% or 0.70 points to 3.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 19.66% or 511.10 points to trade at 2089.00 in late trade. Elpitiya Plantations PLC (CM:ELPL) declined 8.53% or 1.80 points to end at 19.30 and Samson International PLC (CM:SIL) shed 8.04% or 9.00 points to 103.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 199 to 22 and 25 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.50% or 0.20 to $40.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.79% or 0.34 to hit $43.17 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1259.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.18% to 205.755, while USD/LKR fell 0.17% to 144.590.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 93.86.