Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Services, Palm Oil and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI), which rose 17.19% or 73.20 points to trade at 499.00 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 12.50% or 0.1000 points to 0.9000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ceylon Leather Products PLC (CM:CLPL), which fell 10.66% or 7.40 points to trade at 62.00 at the close. Colombo Fort Land & Building PLC (CM:CFLB) declined 10.45% or 2.30 points to end at 19.70 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was down 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 97 to 85 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) rose to all time highs; rising 17.19% or 73.20 to 499.00. Shares in SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) rose to 52-week highs; up 12.50% or 0.1000 to 0.9000.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.27% or 0.58 to $46.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.37% or 0.66 to hit $48.81 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1270.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.24% to 194.335, while USD/LKR fell 0.30% to 152.270.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 97.17.