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Sri Lanka shares lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.03%

Published 23/10/2017, 11:45
© Reuters.  Sri Lanka shares lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.03%
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Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Palm Oil, Information Technology and Trading sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.03%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which rose 16.47% or 9.90 points to trade at 70.00 at the close. Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT) added 15.23% or 45.70 points to end at 345.70 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) was up 14.29% or 0.200 points to 1.600 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Multi Finance PLC (CM:MULT), which lost 13.25% or 2.20 points to trade at 14.40 in late trade. AIA Insurance Lanka PLC (CM:AVIV) declined 10.83% or 37.80 points to end at 311.20 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) shed 10.11% or 124.90 points to 1110.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 95 to 84 and 63 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.04 to $51.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $57.62 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.29 to trade at $1277.21 a troy ounce.

GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 202.410, while USD/LKR rose 0.01% to 153.710.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 93.83.

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