Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Land & Property, Healthcare and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which rose 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) added 10.23% or 4.50 points to end at 48.50 and Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) was up 9.87% or 138.20 points to 1538.20 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 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL) shed 7.50% or 1.50 points to 18.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 100 to 82 and 42 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.70% or 0.33 to $47.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.34% or 0.17 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.23% or 3.00 to trade at $1324.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.10% to 190.870, while USD/LKR fell 0.06% to 145.630.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 95.69.