Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Investment Trust, Healthcare and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 1.07% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Mackwoods Energy PLC (CM:MWEL), which rose 15.00% or 0.300 points to trade at 2.300 at the close. Associated Motor Finance Company PLC (CM:ASSO) added 12.50% or 50.00 points to end at 450.00 and People’s Merchant Finance PLC (CM:PMB) was up 11.76% or 1.20 points to 11.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hunas Falls Hotels PLC (CM:HUNA), which lost 16.48% or 14.80 points to trade at 75.00 in late trade. Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL) declined 14.79% or 12.50 points to end at 72.00 and Tal Lanka Hotels PLC (CM:TAJ) shed 13.33% or 2.20 points to 14.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 117 to 41 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.09% or 0.07 to $74.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.72% or 0.57 to hit $78.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.20 to trade at $1250.30 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.28% to 208.320, while USD/LKR unchanged 0.00% to 158.310.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 94.53.