Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Investment Trust, Healthcare and Power & Energy sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 1.07% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Mackwoods Energy PLC (CM:MWEL), which rose 15.00% or 0.300 points to trade at 2.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) added 12.50% or 50.00 points to end at 450.00 and People’s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) was up 11.76% or 1.20 points to 11.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which fell 16.48% or 14.80 points to trade at 75.00 at the close. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 14.79% or 12.50 points to end at 72.00 and Tal Lanka Hotels PLC (CM:TAJ) was down 13.33% or 2.20 points to 14.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 117 to 41 and 62 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.09% or 0.07 to $74.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.73% or 0.58 to hit $78.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.20 to trade at $1250.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 208.320, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 158.310.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 94.52.