Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Plantations, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was up 11.11% or 0.300 points to 3.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 10.00% or 9.70 points to end at 87.30 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) was down 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 124 to 63 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 11.11% or 0.300 to 3.000.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.54% or 0.27 to $49.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.53% or 0.28 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.81 to trade at $1267.29 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.55% to 196.135, while USD/LKR rose 0.18% to 152.740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.27.