Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Trading sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which rose 20.07% or 526.50 points to trade at 3150.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) added 19.44% or 350.00 points to end at 2150.00 and Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) was up 11.43% or 0.40 points to 3.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 23.03% or 524.00 points to end at 1751.00 and Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) was down 12.82% or 353.00 points to 2400.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 123 to 107 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) rose to 3-years highs; rising 19.44% or 350.00 to 2150.00.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 2.58% or 1.21 to $45.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.46% or 0.71 to hit $48.20 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.33% or 3.70 to trade at $1129.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.68% to 220.265, while USD/LKR rose 0.81% to 142.000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 96.18.