Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Motors, Telecoms and Plantations sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 44.44% or 0.400 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Raigam Wayamba Salterns PLC (CM:RAIG) added 14.81% or 0.400 points to end at 3.100 and Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) was up 12.37% or 2.30 points to 20.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which fell 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI) declined 10.18% or 17.00 points to end at 150.00 and Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) was down 9.83% or 145.70 points to 1336.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 111 to 61 and 51 ended unchanged.
Shares in Raigam Wayamba Salterns PLC (CM:RAIG) rose to 52-week highs; up 14.81% or 0.400 to 3.100.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.40% or 0.20 to $49.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.33% or 0.17 to hit $52.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.86 to trade at $1266.54 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.16% to 201.410, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 153.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.33.