Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Diversified Holdings and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH), which rose 15.94% or 2.20 points to trade at 16.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) added 13.04% or 39.10 points to end at 339.00 and Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC (CM:BREW) was up 11.45% or 74.50 points to 725.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which fell 24.33% or 21.90 points to trade at 68.10 at the close. Bansei Royal Resorts Hikkaduwa Limited (CM:BANS) declined 15.84% or 1.60 points to end at 8.50 and Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI) was down 15.60% or 31.60 points to 171.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 107 to 66 and 41 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.27% or 1.11 to $47.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.88% or 0.94 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.69% or 9.25 to trade at $1348.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 193.905, while USD/LKR fell 0.14% to 146.105.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.59.