Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Hotels & Travel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) added 16.85% or 252.40 points to end at 1750.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 16.67% or 0.1000 points to 0.7000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dipped Products PLC (CM:DIPD), which fell 7.43% or 6.90 points to trade at 86.00 at the close. Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) declined 6.74% or 29.00 points to end at 401.00 and Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) was down 5.88% or 0.100 points to 1.600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 100 to 65 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) fell to all time lows; falling 5.88% or 0.100 to 1.600.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.52% or 0.33 to $63.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.50% or 0.34 to hit $67.98 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.42% or 5.60 to trade at $1341.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.38% to 219.185, while USD/LKR rose 0.39% to 155.840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.74.