Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Stores & Supplies and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.75% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 16.67% or 0.10 points to end at 0.70 and Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) was up 10.87% or 48.90 points to 498.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which fell 21.43% or 15.00 points to trade at 55.00 at the close. Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) declined 14.00% or 16.80 points to end at 103.20 and Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) was down 13.57% or 149.10 points to 950.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 150 to 61 and 16 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 14.00% or 16.80 to 103.20.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.09% or 0.46 to $42.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.30% or 0.58 to hit $45.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.80 to trade at $1055.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.10% to 215.235, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 143.160.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 100.25.