Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Motors and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT), which rose 16.19% or 17.00 points to trade at 122.00 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 10.80% or 1.90 points to 19.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH), which lost 10.45% or 3.50 points to trade at 30.00 in late trade. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) declined 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL) shed 8.26% or 1.80 points to 20.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 96 to 85 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.63% or 0.68 to $42.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.47% or 0.65 to hit $44.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.75 to trade at $1337.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.04% to 191.440, while USD/LKR rose 0.59% to 146.385.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 96.24.