Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Palm Oil, Investment Trust and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.43% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which rose 9.98% or 6.40 points to trade at 70.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV) added 9.26% or 0.50 points to end at 5.90 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 8.33% or 0.10 points to 1.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which fell 33.33% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) declined 19.23% or 500.10 points to end at 2100.00 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was down 16.27% or 301.10 points to 1550.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 111 to 84 and 23 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.74% or 0.27 to $35.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.99% or 0.38 to hit $37.94 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.90% or 9.70 to trade at $1066.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.12% to 217.545, while USD/LKR fell 0.19% to 143.115.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 97.87.