Investing.com – Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Chemicals&Pharmaceuticals and Land&Property sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.33% to hit a new 52-week low.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 20.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.6000 at the close. Meanwhile, Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) added 20.00% or 5.80 points to end at 34.80 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) was up 12.50% or 0.100 points to 0.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ), which fell 21.98% or 8.90 points to trade at 31.60 at the close. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was down 13.44% or 2.50 points to 16.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 118 to 51 and 61 ended unchanged.
Shares in SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) rose to 52-week lows; up 20.00% or 0.1000 to 0.6000. Shares in Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) fell to all time lows; down 14.29% or 0.100 to 0.600.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.49% or 0.32 to $64.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.79% or 0.58 to hit $74.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.10 to trade at $1283.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.09% to 211.970, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 159.890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 94.41.
