Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Motors, Healthcare and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) added 10.55% or 189.90 points to end at 1989.90 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 10.00% or 0.10 points to 1.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which lost 12.48% or 287.00 points to trade at 2012.00 in late trade. Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML) declined 8.80% or 3.30 points to end at 34.20 and Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) shed 7.66% or 5.90 points to 71.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 115 to 102 and 25 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.07% or 0.03 to $44.60 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.69% or 0.34 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.25% or 2.80 to trade at $1106.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.60% to 213.240, while USD/LKR fell 0.85% to 138.010.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 95.42.