Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Palm Oil and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR), which rose 23.08% or 0.30 points to trade at 1.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) added 11.13% or 150.20 points to end at 1500.00 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 10.00% or 2.00 points to 22.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which fell 16.48% or 375.00 points to trade at 1900.00 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Ceylon Leather Products PLC (CM:CLPL) was down 9.55% or 7.50 points to 71.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 120 to 62 and 30 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.17% or 0.51 to $43.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.04% or 0.47 to hit $44.60 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.25 to trade at $1234.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.74% to 211.890, while USD/LKR rose 0.38% to 146.695.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 94.87.