Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.11% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) added 24.84% or 16.00 points to end at 80.40 and Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) was up 19.05% or 8.00 points to 50.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 10.24% or 6.40 points to trade at 56.10 at the close. Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) declined 9.70% or 5.80 points to end at 54.00 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) was down 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 101 to 81 and 62 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.68% or 0.33 to $48.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.79% or 0.41 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.53 to trade at $1286.47 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 198.665, while USD/LKR rose 0.07% to 153.150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 93.24.