Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Construction & Engineering, Footwear & Textile and Stores & Supplies sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 20.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tea Smallholder Factories PLC (CM:TSML), which lost 18.40% or 6.90 points to trade at 30.60 in late trade. Dolphin Hotels PLC (CM:STAF) declined 13.45% or 3.90 points to end at 25.10 and Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) shed 13.04% or 4.50 points to 30.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 81 to 80 and 67 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.42% or 0.29 to $68.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $73.94 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.60 to trade at $1330.70 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.17% to 219.000, while USD/LKR rose 0.27% to 156.760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 90.47.