Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, Construction & Engineering and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 1.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING), which rose 11.19% or 8.20 points to trade at 81.50 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 11.11% or 0.100 points to end at 1.000 and Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO) was up 10.07% or 5.90 points to 64.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mercantile Shipping Company PLC (CM:MSL), which lost 10.45% or 11.20 points to trade at 96.00 in late trade. CIC Holdings PLC (CM:CIC) declined 10.27% or 11.90 points to end at 104.00 and PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH) shed 10.00% or 0.10 points to 0.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 198 to 42 and 12 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.36% or 1.36 to $39.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.48% or 1.58 to hit $43.88 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.33% or 3.80 to trade at $1155.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 1.31% to 207.495, while USD/LKR fell 1.20% to 132.500.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.75% at 94.12.