Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Motors, Trading and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH), which rose 33.33% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.400 at the close. Hunter & Company PLC (CM:HUNT) added 19.05% or 76.80 points to end at 480.00 and Serendib Hotels PLC (CM:SHOT) was up 16.99% or 2.60 points to 17.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Good Hope PLC (CM:GOOD), which lost 22.76% or 266.80 points to trade at 905.20 in late trade. J L Morison Sons & Jones (Ceylon) PLC (CM:MORI) declined 17.92% or 112.00 points to end at 513.00 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) shed 15.19% or 9.40 points to 52.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 92 to 69 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.15% or 0.11 to $73.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.86% or 0.66 to hit $77.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 9.40 to trade at $1265.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.62% to 212.400, while USD/LKR rose 0.04% to 159.260.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 93.58.