Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Investment Trust, Banking, Financials & Insurance and Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.36% to hit a new 1-month high.
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, Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) added 19.63% or 227.60 points to end at 1387.20 and Serendib Engineering Group PLC (CM:IDL) was up 17.78% or 1.60 points to 10.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which fell 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.400 at the close. Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) declined 10.92% or 134.80 points to end at 1100.10 and Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) was down 10.00% or 1.40 points to 12.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 122 to 80 and 46 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.06% or 0.03 to $50.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $56.04 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.31 to trade at $1274.11 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.07% to 203.000, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 153.160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.38.