Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Investment Trust and Land & Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL), which rose 24.62% or 4.80 points to trade at 24.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 23.58% or 18.70 points to end at 98.00 and Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL) was up 23.25% or 9.30 points to 49.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which fell 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK) declined 9.29% or 1.30 points to end at 12.70 and Waskaduwa Beach Resort PLC (CM:CITW) was down 8.51% or 0.40 points to 4.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 96 to 86 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) fell to 3-years lows; falling 11.11% or 0.100 to 0.800.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.40% or 0.19 to $46.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.46% or 0.23 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 5.76 to trade at $1224.96 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.03% to 198.860, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 153.690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.02.