Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.10% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 20.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.6000 at the close. Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) added 18.92% or 7.70 points to end at 48.40 and Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH) was up 17.90% or 2.90 points to 19.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which lost 14.52% or 10.70 points to trade at 63.00 in late trade. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Radiant Gems International PLC (CM:RGEM) shed 13.49% or 3.40 points to 21.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 77 and 70 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.70% or 0.46 to $65.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.46% or 1.12 to hit $75.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1298.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.18% to 212.160, while USD/LKR fell 0.09% to 158.490.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 93.77.