Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Trading, Investment Trust and Construction & Engineering sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Cargo Boat Development Company PLC (CM:CABO), which rose 22.08% or 23.40 points to trade at 129.40 at the close. Colombo Investment Trust PLC (CM:CIT) added 21.52% or 18.40 points to end at 103.90 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) was up 18.47% or 10.90 points to 69.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT), which lost 8.71% or 26.70 points to trade at 280.00 in late trade. Abans Finance PLC (CM:AFSL) declined 8.38% or 3.10 points to end at 33.90 and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO) shed 8.15% or 123.40 points to 1390.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 107 to 89 and 38 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 3.16% or 1.32 to $40.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 2.76% or 1.19 to hit $41.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1239.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.17% to 205.300, while USD/LKR fell 0.12% to 144.815.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 94.61.