Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Power & Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) added 23.72% or 6.00 points to end at 31.30 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 16.19% or 3.40 points to 24.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which fell 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Ceylon Leather Products PLC (CM:CLPL) declined 7.78% or 4.90 points to end at 58.10 and Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) was down 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 144 to 49 and 44 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; up 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200. Shares in PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.00% or 0.100 to 0.900. Shares in Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) rose to 52-week highs; up 16.19% or 3.40 to 24.40.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.70% or 0.37 to $52.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.81% or 0.45 to hit $54.91 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.40 to trade at $1288.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.29% to 191.815, while USD/LKR rose 0.05% to 152.040.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 100.05.