Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Information Technology and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Udapussellawa Plantations PLC (CM:UDPL), which rose 24.62% or 4.80 points to trade at 24.30 at the close. Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) added 14.27% or 66.20 points to end at 530.00 and Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) was up 12.90% or 4.00 points to 35.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kelsey Developments PLC (CM:KDL), which lost 15.08% or 8.90 points to trade at 50.10 in late trade. Trans Asia Hotels PLC (CM:TRAN) declined 10.78% or 9.70 points to end at 80.30 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) shed 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 103 to 91 and 56 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $46.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $48.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.63% or 7.78 to trade at $1234.52 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.37% to 198.790, while USD/LKR fell 0.08% to 153.410.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 95.80.