Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Power & Energy and Motors sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.63% 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 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.000 at the close. Meanwhile, Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) added 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) was up 7.69% or 0.100 points to 1.400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which fell 20.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.400 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) was down 13.12% or 226.60 points to 1500.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 110 to 66 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.04 to $56.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $63.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.35% or 4.51 to trade at $1278.71 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 1.04% to 200.830, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.610.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 94.50.