Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Construction & Engineering, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL), which rose 11.00% or 2.20 points to trade at 22.20 at the close. EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) added 9.99% or 124.90 points to end at 1375.00 and J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) was up 9.86% or 35.90 points to 400.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 21.74% or 361.20 points to trade at 1300.00 in late trade. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Ramboda Falls PLC (CM:RFLL) shed 8.33% or 2.30 points to 25.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 104 to 88 and 47 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.49% or 0.21 to $43.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.29% or 0.13 to hit $45.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.95 to trade at $1339.35 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.32% to 189.685, while USD/LKR fell 0.02% to 145.600.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 96.31.