Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Construction & Engineering and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Meanwhile, PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 25.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.500 and Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) was up 16.25% or 65.00 points to 465.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which fell 23.01% or 8.10 points to trade at 27.10 at the close. Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) declined 16.67% or 0.100 points to end at 0.500 and Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) was down 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.200.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 95 to 79 and 49 ended unchanged.
Shares in Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) rose to all time lows; up 100.00% or 0.100 to 0.200. Shares in Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) fell to 5-year lows; falling 16.67% or 0.100 to 0.500.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.62% or 0.42 to $68.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.77% or 0.59 to hit $77.42 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1198.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.14% to 209.850, while USD/LKR rose 0.17% to 162.310.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.30.