Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Plantations, Telecoms and Land & Property sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kegalle Plantations PLC (CM:KGAL), which rose 47.21% or 44.90 points to trade at 140.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) added 16.27% or 8.80 points to end at 62.90 and Namunukula Plantations PLC (CM:NAMU) was up 12.29% or 8.10 points to 74.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) was down 9.09% or 0.10 points to 1.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 156 to 89 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kegalle Plantations PLC (CM:KGAL) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 47.21% or 44.90 to 140.00.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.92% or 0.48 to $52.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.08% or 0.64 to hit $58.37 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.50 to trade at $1155.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.38% to 208.295, while USD/LKR rose 0.62% to 134.315.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.58% at 96.52.