Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Stores & Supplies and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.75% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) added 16.67% or 0.10 points to end at 0.70 and Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CM:SOY) was up 10.87% or 48.90 points to 498.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which lost 21.43% or 15.00 points to trade at 55.00 in late trade. Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) declined 14.00% or 16.80 points to end at 103.20 and Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) shed 13.57% or 149.10 points to 950.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 150 to 61 and 16 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 1.09% or 0.46 to $42.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 1.30% or 0.58 to hit $45.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.80 to trade at $1055.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.10% to 215.235, while USD/LKR fell 0.03% to 143.160.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 100.25.