Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Beverages & Tobacco, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.74% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Renuka City Hotel PLC (CM:RENU), which rose 24.98% or 66.30 points to trade at 331.70 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 20.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) was up 18.24% or 74.80 points to 485.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI), which fell 11.13% or 69.00 points to trade at 551.00 at the close. Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) declined 7.69% or 0.100 points to end at 1.200 and John Keells PLC (CM:JKL) was down 5.92% or 3.90 points to 62.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 100 to 61 and 60 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.14% or 0.09 to $66.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.11% or 0.08 to hit $71.50 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.30 to trade at $1346.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.17% to 223.905, while USD/LKR rose 0.24% to 156.360.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.19.