Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Motors and Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT), which rose 16.19% or 17.00 points to trade at 122.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 10.80% or 1.90 points to 19.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH), which fell 10.45% or 3.50 points to trade at 30.00 at the close. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL) was down 8.26% or 1.80 points to 20.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 96 to 85 and 51 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.63% or 0.68 to $42.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.47% or 0.65 to hit $44.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.75 to trade at $1337.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.04% to 191.440, while USD/LKR rose 0.59% to 146.385.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 96.24.