Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Plantations 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 PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 20.00% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD) was up 11.11% or 1500.000 points to 15000.000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 33.33% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 20.00% or 500.00 points to end at 1999.40 and Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) was down 12.47% or 136.10 points to 955.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 122 to 88 and 19 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) rose to all time lows; gaining 20.00% or 0.10 to 0.50.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.42% or 0.18 to $44.48 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.55% or 0.27 to hit $48.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.51% or 5.50 to trade at $1093.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.65% to 215.585, while USD/LKR rose 1.05% to 143.105.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 98.97.