Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Power & Energy and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 24.93% or 561.00 points to end at 2811.00 and EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) was up 23.91% or 275.00 points to 1425.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT), which fell 13.27% or 5.20 points to trade at 34.00 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Metropolitan Resource Holdings PLC (CM:MPRH) was down 9.36% or 2.80 points to 27.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 124 to 93 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 24.93% or 561.00 to 2811.00. Shares in EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR) rose to 3-years highs; up 23.91% or 275.00 to 1425.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.81% or 0.82 to $44.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.33% or 1.17 to hit $48.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.17% or 1.90 to trade at $1132.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.85% to 208.360, while USD/LKR rose 0.61% to 135.170.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.03.