Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Investment Trust and Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Kahawatte Plantations PLC (CM:KAHA), which rose 11.69% or 3.60 points to trade at 34.40 at the close. Malwatte Valley Plantations PLC (CM:MAL) added 7.41% or 0.200 points to end at 2.900 and Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) was up 6.67% or 0.100 points to 1.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which lost 11.11% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.800 in late trade. Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) declined 9.74% or 1.90 points to end at 17.60 and Lighthouse Hotel PLC (CM:LHL) shed 8.62% or 5.00 points to 53.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 120 to 41 and 51 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.16% or 0.08 to $50.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $51.98 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1254.75 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.09% to 179.630, while USD/LKR rose 0.47% to 147.510.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 97.95.