Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction & Engineering, Land & Property and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC (CM:SIGV), which rose 13.41% or 7.90 points to trade at 66.80 at the close. Namunukula Plantations PLC (CM:NAMU) added 12.61% or 7.50 points to end at 67.00 and Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) was up 12.39% or 1.40 points to 12.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 24.20% or 629.10 points to trade at 1971.00 in late trade. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 16.48% or 375.00 points to end at 1900.00 and Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) shed 12.92% or 8.40 points to 56.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 86 and 43 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.05% or 0.02 to $39.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.17% or 0.07 to hit $42.01 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.59% or 7.30 to trade at $1251.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.04% to 203.735, while USD/LKR fell 0.37% to 144.240.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 94.17.