Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Banking, Financials & Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.12%.
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. Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) added 28.57% or 0.200 points to end at 0.900 and Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) was up 24.88% or 99.50 points to 499.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE), which lost 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 in late trade. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) declined 11.86% or 177.60 points to end at 1320.00 and Agstar PLC (CM:AGST) shed 10.26% or 0.40 points to 3.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 85 to 70 and 58 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.80% or 1.26 to $68.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.99% or 1.50 to hit $73.83 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.70 to trade at $1243.90 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.56% to 212.030, while USD/LKR rose 0.19% to 159.860.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 94.28.