Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.45%.
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, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) was up 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which fell 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) declined 14.04% or 4.90 points to end at 30.00 and Kahawatte Plantations PLC (CM:KAHA) was down 10.89% or 4.40 points to 36.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 132 to 55 and 49 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.93% or 0.46 to $50.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.92% or 0.48 to hit $52.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.25% or 16.14 to trade at $1272.96 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was unchanged 0.00% to 194.845, while USD/LKR fell 0.26% to 152.050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.71% at 98.95.