Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Motors and Beverages & Tobacco sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Meanwhile, Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) added 17.39% or 4.00 points to end at 27.00 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT), which fell 17.61% or 2.80 points to trade at 13.10 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was down 10.00% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 88 to 61 and 67 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $66.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.51% or 0.36 to hit $69.79 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.60 to trade at $1346.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.37% to 217.120, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 153.760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 88.96.