Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Trading sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) added 10.68% or 8.20 points to end at 85.00 and Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD) was up 9.99% or 139.80 points to 1539.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lankem Ceylon PLC (CM:LCEY), which lost 18.24% or 14.50 points to trade at 65.00 in late trade. Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA) declined 14.38% or 8.60 points to end at 51.20 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) shed 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 101 to 79 and 50 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.45% or 0.69 to $46.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.60% or 0.80 to hit $49.35 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.31% or 4.05 to trade at $1321.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.28% to 192.745, while USD/LKR rose 0.85% to 146.875.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 95.62.