Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Footwear & Textile and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.21% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL), which rose 9.09% or 0.100 points to trade at 1.200 at the close. Browns Investments PLC (CM:BROW) added 7.69% or 0.100 points to end at 1.400 and George Steuart Finance Ltd (CM:GEOR) was up 6.62% or 1.80 points to 29.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which lost 22.22% or 3000.000 points to trade at 10500.000 in late trade. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) declined 14.29% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) shed 13.35% or 115.60 points to 750.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 51 and 48 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.17% or 0.08 to $45.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.19% or 0.09 to hit $48.15 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.90% or 10.60 to trade at $1189.00 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.18% to 184.550, while USD/LKR fell 0.57% to 147.685.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 101.15.