Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Diversified Holdings, Plantations and Banking, Financials & Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Sunshine Holdings PLC (CM:SUN) added 19.57% or 9.00 points to end at 55.00 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Printcare PLC (CM:CARE), which fell 12.67% or 3.80 points to trade at 26.20 at the close. Hayleys Fibre PLC (CM:HEXP) declined 5.04% or 3.40 points to end at 64.10 and Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) was down 5.04% or 1.70 points to 32.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 91 to 63 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.86% or 0.62 to $71.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.87% or 0.70 to hit $80.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1232.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.69% to 225.845, while USD/LKR rose 0.32% to 170.910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.71.