Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Plantations, Diversified Holdings and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI), which rose 17.62% or 74.90 points to trade at 500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) added 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which fell 50.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.1000 at the close. Fortress Resorts Plc (CM:RHTL) declined 12.59% or 1.70 points to end at 11.80 and Kotmale Holdings PLC (CM:LAMB) was down 11.07% or 25.70 points to 206.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 102 to 78 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) fell to all time lows; down 50.00% or 0.1000 to 0.1000.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.36% or 0.16 to $45.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 3.90 to trade at $1252.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.25% to 195.030, while USD/LKR fell 0.27% to 152.665.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.83.