Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction & Engineering, Land & Property and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV), which rose 13.41% or 7.90 points to trade at 66.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Namunukula Plantations PLC (CM:NAMU) added 12.61% or 7.50 points to end at 67.00 and Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) was up 12.39% or 1.40 points to 12.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which fell 24.20% or 629.10 points to trade at 1971.00 at the close. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 16.48% or 375.00 points to end at 1900.00 and Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) was down 12.92% or 8.40 points to 56.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 99 to 86 and 43 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $39.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.17% or 0.07 to hit $42.01 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.59% or 7.40 to trade at $1251.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.04% to 203.735, while USD/LKR fell 0.37% to 144.240.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 94.17.