Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Information Technology, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share rose 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 25.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.500 at the close. Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:RNUK) added 14.89% or 0.70 points to end at 5.40 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) was up 14.49% or 4.10 points to 32.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND), which lost 19.01% or 281.70 points to trade at 1200.00 in late trade. Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) declined 11.27% or 5.60 points to end at 44.10 and Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) shed 10.00% or 0.100 points to 0.900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 88 and 64 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.32% or 0.16 to $50.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $55.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.48% or 6.40 to trade at $1318.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.13% to 207.315, while USD/LKR rose 0.11% to 153.070.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 91.68.