Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.10% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 20.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.6000 at the close. Meanwhile, Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) added 18.92% or 7.70 points to end at 48.40 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was up 17.90% or 2.90 points to 19.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which fell 14.52% or 10.70 points to trade at 63.00 at the close. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) was down 13.49% or 3.40 points to 21.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 87 to 77 and 70 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.70% or 0.46 to $65.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.46% or 1.12 to hit $75.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1298.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.18% to 212.160, while USD/LKR fell 0.09% to 158.490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 93.77.