Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Motors, Trading and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 33.33% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.400 at the close. Meanwhile, Hunter&Company PLC (CM:HUNT) added 19.05% or 76.80 points to end at 480.00 and Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) was up 16.99% or 2.60 points to 17.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which fell 22.76% or 266.80 points to trade at 905.20 at the close. J L Morison Sons&Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) declined 17.92% or 112.00 points to end at 513.00 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was down 15.19% or 9.40 points to 52.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 92 to 69 and 49 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.19% or 0.14 to $73.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.83% or 0.64 to hit $77.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.40 to trade at $1265.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.62% to 212.400, while USD/LKR rose 0.04% to 159.260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.58.
