Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Information Technology and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL), which rose 24.62% or 4.80 points to trade at 24.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) added 14.27% or 66.20 points to end at 530.00 and Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) was up 12.90% or 4.00 points to 35.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which fell 15.08% or 8.90 points to trade at 50.10 at the close. Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) declined 10.78% or 9.70 points to end at 80.30 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was down 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 103 to 91 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) fell to 5-year lows; losing 9.09% or 0.100 to 1.000.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $46.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $48.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 7.78 to trade at $1234.52 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.37% to 198.790, while USD/LKR fell 0.08% to 153.410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 95.80.