Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Footwear & Textile and Stores & Supplies sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 20.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML), which fell 18.40% or 6.90 points to trade at 30.60 at the close. Dolphin Hotels PLC (CM:STAF) declined 13.45% or 3.90 points to end at 25.10 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) was down 13.04% or 4.50 points to 30.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 81 to 80 and 67 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dolphin Hotels PLC (CM:STAF) fell to 5-year lows; falling 13.45% or 3.90 to 25.10.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.42% or 0.29 to $68.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $73.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.60 to trade at $1330.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.17% to 219.000, while USD/LKR rose 0.27% to 156.760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 90.47.