Sri Lanka stocks lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.28%

Sri Lanka stocks lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.28%

Sri Lanka stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Trading, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.28%.

The best performers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Meanwhile, Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) added 9.14% or 1.80 points to end at 21.50 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was up 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.200 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO), which fell 11.17% or 8.80 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Lankem Ceylon PLC (CM:LCEY) declined 8.49% or 4.50 points to end at 48.50 and Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) was down 7.82% or 3.90 points to 46.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Colombo Stock Exchange by 98 to 63 and 68 ended unchanged.

GBP/LKR was up 0.31% to 201.370, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 153.560.