Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Plantations and Diversified Holdings sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, Lanka Cement PLC (CM:LCEM) added 10.00% or 0.60 points to end at 6.60 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was up 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which fell 16.67% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.5000 at the close. Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) declined 14.14% or 2.80 points to end at 17.00 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) was down 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 97 to 58 and 55 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.52% or 0.32 to $61.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $67.77 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1321.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.05% to 208.330, while USD/LKR rose 0.18% to 153.810.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 91.89.