Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 22.22% or 0.200 points to trade at 1.100 at the close. Agalawatte Plantations PLC (CM:AGAL) added 17.07% or 3.50 points to end at 24.00 and Elpitiya Plantations PLC (CM:ELPL) was up 9.50% or 1.90 points to 21.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT), which lost 13.70% or 2.00 points to trade at 12.60 in late trade. Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) declined 12.21% or 2.10 points to end at 15.10 and Gestetner of Ceylon PLC (CM:GEST) shed 9.17% or 10.50 points to 104.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 108 to 79 and 45 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 3.74% or 1.65 to $45.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 3.10% or 1.45 to hit $48.28 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.15 to trade at $1330.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.51% to 193.990, while USD/LKR rose 0.25% to 145.895.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 95.67.