Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Beverages & Tobacco, Footwear & Textile and Plantations sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 28.57% or 0.2000 points to trade at 0.9000 at the close. Meanwhile, Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV) added 11.63% or 0.500 points to end at 4.800 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 9.09% or 0.200 points to 2.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL), which fell 11.84% or 2.70 points to trade at 20.10 at the close. Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) declined 11.54% or 15.00 points to end at 115.00 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) was down 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 102 to 63 and 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) fell to 5-year lows; down 11.11% or 0.100 to 0.800.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.40% or 0.20 to $50.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.64% or 0.33 to hit $52.26 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.95% or 11.95 to trade at $1263.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.01% to 181.845, while USD/LKR fell 0.50% to 146.245.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 96.74.