Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Palm Oil and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR), which rose 23.08% or 0.30 points to trade at 1.60 at the close. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) added 11.13% or 150.20 points to end at 1500.00 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 10.00% or 2.00 points to 22.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 16.48% or 375.00 points to trade at 1900.00 in late trade. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Ceylon Leather Products PLC (CM:CLPL) shed 9.55% or 7.50 points to 71.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 62 and 30 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.17% or 0.51 to $43.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.04% or 0.47 to hit $44.60 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.30 to trade at $1234.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.74% to 211.890, while USD/LKR rose 0.38% to 146.695.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.86.