Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Diversified Holdings, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 40.00% or 0.200 points to trade at 0.700 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE) was up 11.11% or 0.100 points to 1.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which lost 21.57% or 15.10 points to trade at 54.90 in late trade. Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) declined 19.18% or 7.00 points to end at 29.50 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) shed 18.44% or 14.70 points to 65.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 87 to 82 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.41% or 0.27 to $65.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.17% or 0.12 to hit $69.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.20 to trade at $1347.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.48% to 221.990, while USD/LKR fell 0.06% to 156.060.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 88.85.