Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Trading, Motors and Stores & Supplies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which rose 12.56% or 9.70 points to trade at 86.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) added 11.11% or 4.50 points to end at 45.00 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) was up 9.38% or 120.00 points to 1400.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kotagala Plantations PLC (CM:KOTA), which fell 16.13% or 2.50 points to trade at 13.00 at the close. Ramboda Falls PLC (CM:RFLL) declined 11.33% or 3.40 points to end at 26.60 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was down 9.27% or 7.20 points to 70.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 87 to 79 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kotagala Plantations PLC (CM:KOTA) fell to 5-year lows; losing 16.13% or 2.50 to 13.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.23% or 1.03 to $45.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.86% or 0.90 to hit $47.42 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.32% or 4.25 to trade at $1329.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.41% to 193.380, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 145.045.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.29.