Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Investment Trust and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.11% to hit a new 3-month low.
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. Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL) added 24.84% or 16.00 points to end at 80.40 and Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL) was up 19.05% or 8.00 points to 50.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ), which lost 10.24% or 6.40 points to trade at 56.10 in late trade. Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) declined 9.70% or 5.80 points to end at 54.00 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) shed 8.33% or 0.100 points to 1.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 81 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.68% or 0.33 to $48.49 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.79% or 0.41 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.53 to trade at $1286.47 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.06% to 198.665, while USD/LKR rose 0.07% to 153.150.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 93.24.