Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Footwear & Textile and Land & Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.09%.
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, Amaya Leisure PLC (CM:CONN) added 14.42% or 7.50 points to end at 59.50 and Nuwara Eliya Hotels Co PLC (CM:NEH) was up 12.11% or 140.40 points to 1300.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which fell 10.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) declined 9.09% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK) was down 7.14% or 0.10 points to 1.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 100 to 86 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $53.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $60.21 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 0.99 to trade at $1272.79 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.39% to 202.055, while USD/LKR rose 0.02% to 153.580.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.56.