Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Footwear & Textile and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 22.24% or 300.20 points to trade at 1650.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) added 20.88% or 475.00 points to end at 2750.00 and Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) was up 18.38% or 11.10 points to 71.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY), which fell 10.13% or 47.90 points to trade at 425.10 at the close. Ceylon Leather Products PLC (CM:CLPL) declined 9.88% or 8.00 points to end at 73.00 and Lucky Lanka Milk Processing Company Ltd (CM:LLMP) was down 7.69% or 0.30 points to 3.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 115 to 69 and 45 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) rose to all time highs; gaining 20.88% or 475.00 to 2750.00.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.26% or 0.13 to $49.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.56% or 0.28 to hit $49.67 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.75 to trade at $1210.95 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.33% to 216.515, while USD/LKR rose 0.64% to 148.100.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.