Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Trading, Construction & Engineering and Land & Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU), which rose 19.07% or 4.90 points to trade at 30.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) added 13.33% or 200.00 points to end at 1700.00 and AIA Insurance Lanka PLC (CM:AVIV) was up 12.12% or 31.50 points to 291.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which fell 17.18% or 429.40 points to trade at 2070.00 at the close. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) declined 11.18% or 339.70 points to end at 2700.00 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was down 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.800.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 119 to 108 and 15 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.14% or 0.52 to $46.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.21% or 0.58 to hit $48.71 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.40% or 4.50 to trade at $1132.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.30% to 213.175, while USD/LKR fell 0.56% to 140.380.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.77.