Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Investment Trust, Telecoms and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.16% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) added 8.33% or 0.10 points to end at 1.30 and Softlogic Finance PLC (CM:CAPR) was up 7.66% or 3.70 points to 52.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which fell 21.64% or 400.60 points to trade at 1450.50 at the close. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) declined 19.98% or 499.40 points to end at 2000.00 and Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) was down 16.13% or 367.00 points to 1908.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 125 to 74 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.34% or 0.54 to $39.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.62% or 0.27 to hit $42.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.50 to trade at $1082.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.14% to 216.695, while USD/LKR rose 0.23% to 143.450.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.56% at 98.83.