Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Land & Property and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 20.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.6000 at the close. Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) was up 11.11% or 2.10 points to 21.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which lost 24.87% or 14.90 points to trade at 45.00 in late trade. Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI) declined 18.51% or 249.80 points to end at 1100.00 and Hikkaduwa Beach Resort Ltd (CM:CITH) shed 13.18% or 1.70 points to 11.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 99 to 67 and 46 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.63% or 0.34 to $54.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.77% or 0.43 to hit $56.24 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.45 to trade at $1236.65 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.25% to 188.290, while USD/LKR fell 0.01% to 151.120.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 100.83.