Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Services, Information Technology and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.38% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT), which rose 18.24% or 74.80 points to trade at 485.00 at the close. Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) added 16.72% or 250.40 points to end at 1748.00 and Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) was up 14.86% or 2.60 points to 20.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which lost 21.95% or 2812.50 points to trade at 10000.00 in late trade. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.5000 and Autodrome PLC (CM:AUTO) shed 12.44% or 11.10 points to 78.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 101 to 69 and 45 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.23% or 0.14 to $62.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.48% or 0.32 to hit $67.43 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.70 to trade at $1331.40 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.15% to 219.330, while USD/LKR rose 0.07% to 155.560.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.93.