Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Power & Energy, Healthcare and Land & Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL), which rose 28.57% or 0.200 points to trade at 0.900 at the close. Capital Alliance Finance PLC (CM:CAFL) added 20.00% or 5.00 points to end at 30.00 and Shalimar Estates (CM:SHAL) was up 19.19% or 287.40 points to 1785.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LAUGFS Gas PLC (CM:LGGL), which lost 22.25% or 7.90 points to trade at 27.60 in late trade. Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) declined 10.00% or 0.100 points to end at 0.900 and Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC (CM:ASIR) shed 9.09% or 2.50 points to 25.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 97 to 73 and 40 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.43% or 0.28 to $65.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.68% or 0.47 to hit $69.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.63% or 8.30 to trade at $1335.60 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.19% to 218.285, while USD/LKR fell 0.26% to 155.240.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.57.