Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE), which rose 22.47% or 89.90 points to trade at 490.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) added 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was up 10.00% or 0.100 points to 1.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL), which fell 21.24% or 19.20 points to trade at 71.20 at the close. Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) was down 9.31% or 2.70 points to 26.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 83 to 67 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) fell to 5-year lows; down 14.29% or 0.100 to 0.600.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $63.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $68.53 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1333.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.51% to 214.295, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 154.040.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 90.20.