Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Telecoms and Plantations sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.11% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.300 at the close. Tess Agro PLC (CM:TESS) added 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Colombo City Holdings PLC (CM:PHAR) was up 19.97% or 134.00 points to 805.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Amana Takaful Life Ltd (CM:ANTK), which lost 23.30% or 2.40 points to trade at 7.90 in late trade. PCH Holdings PLC (CM:PCHH) declined 20.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.400 and Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) shed 13.00% or 2.60 points to 17.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 73 and 42 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.28% or 0.18 to $65.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $71.98 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 9.60 to trade at $1193.80 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.06% to 204.435, while USD/LKR rose 0.03% to 160.510.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 96.22.