Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Healthcare and Land & Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which rose 28.57% or 0.200 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Meanwhile, Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) added 20.00% or 5.00 points to end at 30.00 and Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) was up 19.19% or 287.40 points to 1785.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LAUGFS Gas PLC (CM:LGGL), which fell 22.25% or 7.90 points to trade at 27.60 at the close. Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) declined 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC (CM:ASIR) was down 9.09% or 2.50 points to 25.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 97 to 73 and 40 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) fell to all time lows; falling 10.00% or 0.100 to 0.900.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.43% or 0.28 to $65.22 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.68% or 0.47 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 8.30 to trade at $1335.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.19% to 218.285, while USD/LKR fell 0.26% to 155.240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.57.