Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Motors, Healthcare and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.23%.
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, Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 50.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.300 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 16.67% or 0.1000 points to 0.7000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which fell 23.90% or 3062.50 points to trade at 9750.00 at the close. AIA Insurance Lanka PLC (CM:AVIV) declined 19.57% or 90.00 points to end at 370.00 and Pegasus Hotels of Ceylon PLC (CM:PEG) was down 11.74% or 3.50 points to 26.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 90 to 83 and 63 ended unchanged.
Shares in PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) rose to all time lows; rising 100.00% or 0.1000 to 0.2000. Shares in Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) rose to all time lows; rising 50.00% or 0.100 to 0.300.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $63.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $67.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.84% or 11.20 to trade at $1341.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.32% to 217.675, while USD/LKR fell 0.17% to 154.920.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.44.