Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Plantations, Information Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 16.67% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) was up 11.11% or 0.300 points to 3.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 10.00% or 9.70 points to end at 87.30 and Swarnamahal Financial Services PLC (CM:SWAR) shed 7.14% or 0.100 points to 1.300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 124 to 63 and 46 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.54% or 0.27 to $49.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.53% or 0.28 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.81 to trade at $1267.29 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.55% to 196.135, while USD/LKR rose 0.18% to 152.740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 97.27.