Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Investment Trust and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.45% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 14.29% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.8000 at the close. Hemas Power PLC (CM:HPWR) added 7.98% or 1.70 points to end at 23.00 and Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK) was up 6.67% or 0.10 points to 1.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT), which lost 17.81% or 13.00 points to trade at 60.00 in late trade. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 17.33% or 398.20 points to end at 1900.00 and Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) shed 10.34% or 1.50 points to 13.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 112 to 43 and 56 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.51% or 0.26 to $50.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $51.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.20% or 2.55 to trade at $1265.15 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.16% to 180.200, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 147.495.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 98.60.