Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Stores & Supplies, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.49% to hit a new 6-months high.
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, Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) added 49.83% or 15.00 points to end at 45.10 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) was up 34.34% or 536.50 points to 2099.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nestle Lanka PLC (CM:NEST), which fell 11.06% or 248.90 points to trade at 2001.00 at the close. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) declined 9.28% or 102.30 points to end at 1000.00 and Madulsima Plantations PLC (CM:MADU) was down 7.06% or 0.60 points to 7.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 113 to 82 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC House PLC (CM:PCHO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200. Shares in Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) rose to all time highs; up 49.83% or 15.00 to 45.10. Shares in Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) fell to 3-years lows; falling 9.28% or 102.30 to 1000.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.58% or 0.30 to hit $52.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.16 to trade at $1234.16 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.23% to 196.635, while USD/LKR fell 0.05% to 152.510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 98.38.