Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Diversified Holdings, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 40.00% or 0.200 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 1.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 21.57% or 15.10 points to trade at 54.90 at the close. Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) declined 19.18% or 7.00 points to end at 29.50 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was down 18.44% or 14.70 points to 65.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 87 to 82 and 62 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.41% or 0.27 to $65.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.20% or 0.14 to hit $69.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1347.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.48% to 221.990, while USD/LKR fell 0.06% to 156.060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 88.84.