Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Power & Energy, Land & Property and Plantations sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Janashakthi Insurance Company PLC (CM:JINS), which rose 23.53% or 4.00 points to trade at 21.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) added 23.00% or 299.00 points to end at 1599.00 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 20.00% or 0.1000 points to 0.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR), which fell 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) declined 10.42% or 2.50 points to end at 21.50 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was down 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 122 to 54 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Janashakthi Insurance Company PLC (CM:JINS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 23.53% or 4.00 to 21.00. Shares in Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) fell to 5-year lows; losing 10.42% or 2.50 to 21.50. Shares in Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 9.09% or 0.100 to 1.000.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.69% or 0.45 to $65.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.26% or 0.18 to hit $69.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.90 to trade at $1344.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.60% to 217.160, while USD/LKR rose 0.18% to 154.010.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 88.97.