Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Motors, Healthcare and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 100.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.2000 at the close. Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) added 50.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.300 and SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) was up 16.67% or 0.1000 points to 0.7000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC (CM:SWAD), which lost 23.90% or 3062.50 points to trade at 9750.00 in late trade. AIA Insurance Lanka PLC (CM:AVIV) declined 19.57% or 90.00 points to end at 370.00 and Pegasus Hotels of Ceylon PLC (CM:PEG) shed 11.74% or 3.50 points to 26.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 90 to 83 and 63 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.05% or 0.03 to $63.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $67.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.84% or 11.20 to trade at $1341.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.32% to 217.675, while USD/LKR fell 0.17% to 154.920.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.44.