Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Information Technology and Plantations sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share added 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 100.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 28.57% or 0.200 points to end at 0.900 and PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) was up 25.00% or 0.10 points to 0.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lanka Ceramic PLC (CM:CERA), which lost 11.04% or 13.90 points to trade at 112.00 in late trade. Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) declined 8.33% or 1.90 points to end at 20.90 and Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC (CM:RCL) shed 7.88% or 8.90 points to 104.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 138 to 76 and 11 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 2.83% or 1.19 to $40.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 1.70% or 0.76 to hit $43.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.80% or 8.60 to trade at $1067.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.11% to 217.360, while USD/LKR rose 0.39% to 143.150.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 99.89.