Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Trading, Motors and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 1.10% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) added 20.63% or 135.10 points to end at 790.00 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 15.38% or 0.20 points to 1.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS), which lost 5.56% or 0.10 points to trade at 1.80 in late trade. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 5.02% or 100.30 points to end at 1899.00 and Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) shed 4.61% or 2.90 points to 60.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 181 to 56 and 16 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.63% or 0.73 to $44.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.36% or 0.69 to hit $50.33 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.62% or 6.90 to trade at $1111.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.05% to 206.910, while USD/LKR fell 0.76% to 132.760.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 97.25.