Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Palm Oil, Information Technology and Trading sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which rose 16.47% or 9.90 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) added 15.23% or 45.70 points to end at 345.70 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) was up 14.29% or 0.200 points to 1.600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT), which fell 13.25% or 2.20 points to trade at 14.40 at the close. AIA Insurance Lanka PLC (CM:AVIV) declined 10.83% or 37.80 points to end at 311.20 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) was down 10.11% or 124.90 points to 1110.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 95 to 84 and 63 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $51.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $57.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.39 to trade at $1277.11 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 202.410, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.83.