Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Trading and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and On’ally Holdings PLC (CM:ONAL) was up 16.27% or 8.10 points to 57.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG), which fell 15.51% or 11.40 points to trade at 62.10 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Ceylinco Insurance PLC (CM:CINS) was down 7.79% or 143.60 points to 1700.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 109 to 74 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in On’ally Holdings PLC (CM:ONAL) rose to 52-week highs; up 16.27% or 8.10 to 57.90.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.31% or 0.19 to $61.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $65.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1319.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.11% to 216.455, while USD/LKR rose 0.06% to 155.740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 89.99.