Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE), which rose 22.47% or 89.90 points to trade at 490.00 at the close. Anilana Hotels & Properties Ltd (CM:ANIL) added 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 1.100 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) was up 10.00% or 0.100 points to 1.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (CM:KVAL), which lost 21.24% or 19.20 points to trade at 71.20 in late trade. Beruwala Resorts PLC (CM:BERU) declined 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.600 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) shed 9.31% or 2.70 points to 26.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 83 to 67 and 46 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.06% or 0.04 to $63.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $68.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.10 to trade at $1334.20 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.51% to 214.295, while USD/LKR rose 0.10% to 154.040.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 90.20.