Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Palm Oil, Investment Trust and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG), which rose 25.00% or 14.70 points to trade at 73.50 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Laxapana Batteries PLC (CM:LITE) was up 14.29% or 1.50 points to 12.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL), which lost 15.92% or 3.90 points to trade at 20.60 in late trade. Amaya Leisure PLC (CM:CONN) declined 10.36% or 5.80 points to end at 50.20 and Tal Lanka Hotels PLC (CM:TAJ) shed 8.29% or 1.50 points to 16.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 93 to 83 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.62% or 0.38 to $61.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.39% or 0.25 to hit $64.62 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.80 to trade at $1327.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.29% to 214.225, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 154.960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 89.93.