Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Telecoms and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which rose 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Kelani Cables PLC (CM:KCAB) added 13.86% or 14.00 points to end at 115.00 and Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC (CM:CHOT) was up 11.79% or 2.30 points to 21.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 24.29% or 558.20 points to trade at 1740.00 in late trade. Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) declined 14.83% or 229.90 points to end at 1320.10 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) shed 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 106 to 63 and 42 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.30% or 0.16 to $52.85 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.27% or 0.15 to hit $55.57 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1232.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.56% to 186.460, while USD/LKR rose 0.04% to 150.690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.77% at 100.61.