Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Healthcare, Construction & Engineering and Footwear & Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) added 13.40% or 7.80 points to end at 66.00 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH), which fell 14.55% or 6.30 points to trade at 37.00 at the close. Ramboda Falls PLC (CM:RFLL) declined 10.46% or 3.40 points to end at 29.10 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was down 8.33% or 0.10 points to 1.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 132 to 99 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.40% or 0.68 to $47.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.82% or 0.99 to hit $53.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.99% or 10.80 to trade at $1096.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.05% to 207.350, while USD/LKR fell 0.21% to 133.610.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.61% at 96.75.