Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Palm Oil and Investment Trust sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Trade Finance & Investments PLC (CM:TFIL), which rose 17.10% or 7.30 points to trade at 50.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Softlogic Holdings PLC (CM:SOFT) added 15.47% or 2.80 points to end at 20.90 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT), which fell 24.67% or 5.60 points to trade at 17.10 at the close. Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC (CM:ASPH) declined 23.97% or 94.60 points to end at 300.00 and Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) was down 15.64% or 231.70 points to 1250.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 102 to 66 and 54 ended unchanged.
Shares in Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) fell to 5-year lows; down 24.67% or 5.60 to 17.10. Shares in Softlogic Holdings PLC (CM:SOFT) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 15.47% or 2.80 to 20.90.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.86% or 1.10 to $60.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.61% or 1.01 to hit $63.80 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.59% or 7.70 to trade at $1323.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.73% to 214.425, while USD/LKR rose 0.40% to 154.970.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 90.09.