Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Trading, Construction & Engineering and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.24% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI), which rose 17.86% or 94.70 points to trade at 625.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) added 16.01% or 9.30 points to end at 67.40 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was up 12.14% or 15.90 points to 146.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 21.00% or 14.70 points to trade at 55.30 at the close. Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) declined 14.81% or 200.00 points to end at 1150.00 and Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) was down 14.55% or 170.50 points to 1001.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 104 to 84 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in Harischandra Mills PLC (CM:HARI) fell to 52-week lows; down 14.81% or 200.00 to 1150.00.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.30% or 0.19 to $62.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $66.09 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1311.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.71% to 219.015, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 156.060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.68.