Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Power & Energy and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.52% to hit a new 1-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. Cargo Boat Development Company PLC (CM:CABO) added 15.86% or 10.80 points to end at 78.90 and Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) was up 13.51% or 202.40 points to 1700.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK), which lost 13.33% or 0.20 points to trade at 1.30 in late trade. Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) declined 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) shed 10.00% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 77 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.13% or 0.09 to $70.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $77.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1319.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.36% to 214.585, while USD/LKR rose 0.08% to 157.930.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 92.22.