Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Diversified Holdings sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.36% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which rose 20.10% or 7.70 points to trade at 46.00 at the close. Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Ceylon Printers PLC (CM:CPRT) was up 15.80% or 7.90 points to 57.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which lost 50.00% or 0.2000 points to trade at 0.2000 in late trade. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 20.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.4000 and Serendib Land PLC (CM:SLND) shed 18.67% or 310.20 points to 1351.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 74 and 63 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.75% or 0.36 to $47.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.51% or 0.26 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 8.85 to trade at $1257.35 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.89% to 191.295, while USD/LKR rose 0.15% to 151.990.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.