Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Trading and Motors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Ceylon and Foreign Trades PLC (CM:CFT), which rose 23.53% or 0.80 points to trade at 4.20 at the close. Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) added 18.00% or 9.90 points to end at 64.90 and Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) was up 16.13% or 10.00 points to 72.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Lanka Ventures PLC (CM:LVEN) declined 8.89% or 4.00 points to end at 41.00 and Softlogic Finance PLC (CM:CAPR) shed 6.25% or 2.00 points to 30.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 109 to 64 and 50 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.58% or 0.41 to $69.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.40% or 0.30 to hit $75.25 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.50 to trade at $1216.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.19% to 210.170, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 159.710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.06.