Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Motors, Telecoms and Plantations sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL), which rose 44.44% or 0.400 points to trade at 1.300 at the close. Raigam Wayamba Salterns PLC (CM:RAIG) added 14.81% or 0.400 points to end at 3.100 and Mahaweli Reach Hotel PLC (CM:MRH) was up 12.37% or 2.30 points to 20.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which lost 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 in late trade. Singer Industries PLC (CM:SINI) declined 10.18% or 17.00 points to end at 150.00 and Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) shed 9.83% or 145.70 points to 1336.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 111 to 61 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.40% or 0.20 to $49.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.33% or 0.17 to hit $52.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.85 to trade at $1266.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.16% to 201.410, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 153.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.33.