Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Healthcare and Power & Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU), which rose 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.800 and Marawila Resorts PLC (CM:MARA) was up 11.11% or 0.200 points to 2.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS), which fell 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 at the close. Mackwoods Energy PLC (CM:MWEL) declined 10.00% or 0.200 points to end at 1.800 and Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) was down 9.59% or 0.70 points to 6.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 74 to 74 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) fell to 5-year lows; losing 14.29% or 0.100 to 0.600. Shares in Mackwoods Energy PLC (CM:MWEL) fell to all time lows; down 10.00% or 0.200 to 1.800. Shares in Asia Capital PLC (CM:ACAP) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.59% or 0.70 to 6.60.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $68.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.73% or 1.30 to hit $74.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1268.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.45% to 210.040, while USD/LKR fell 0.18% to 158.710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 94.32.