Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Footwear & Textile, Healthcare and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Colombo Fort Investments PLC (CM:CFI), which rose 24.93% or 17.30 points to trade at 86.70 at the close. Ceylon Tea Services PLC (CM:CTEA) added 22.85% or 139.50 points to end at 750.00 and Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI) was up 20.27% or 29.50 points to 175.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL), which lost 24.85% or 571.20 points to trade at 1727.00 in late trade. Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) declined 19.56% or 279.60 points to end at 1150.00 and Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) shed 14.31% or 234.00 points to 1401.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 56 and 46 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.93% or 0.48 to $52.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.16% or 0.63 to hit $55.09 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.98% or 11.55 to trade at $1166.25 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.59% to 189.295, while USD/LKR rose 0.22% to 148.630.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 100.98.