Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Motors and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 20.02% or 270.20 points to trade at 1620.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) added 11.51% or 190.90 points to end at 1849.90 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was up 11.51% or 12.20 points to 118.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT), which fell 12.66% or 40.60 points to trade at 280.00 at the close. Dunamis Capital PLC (CM:CSEC) declined 9.52% or 2.00 points to end at 19.00 and Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) was down 8.70% or 0.200 points to 2.100.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 96 to 78 and 37 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.65% or 0.80 to $49.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.73% or 0.85 to hit $50.02 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.77% or 9.95 to trade at $1284.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 1.23% to 209.585, while USD/LKR fell 0.73% to 144.095.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 93.77.