Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 50.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.3000 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 25.00% or 0.200 points to end at 1.000 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR), which fell 8.24% or 110.50 points to trade at 1230.00 at the close. Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI) declined 7.89% or 13.40 points to end at 156.50 and Maskeliya Plantations PLC (CM:MASK) was down 7.38% or 0.90 points to 11.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 102 to 89 and 61 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.99% or 0.50 to $51.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.95% or 0.51 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.71 to trade at $1256.31 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.14% to 198.350, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 152.590.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.95.