Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Land & Property and Footwear & Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC Pharma PLC (CM:PCPH), which rose 50.00% or 0.1000 points to trade at 0.3000 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 16.67% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.7000 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) was up 9.09% or 0.100 points to 1.200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM), which lost 14.29% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.600 in late trade. Printcare PLC (CM:CARE) declined 14.04% or 4.90 points to end at 30.00 and Kahawatte Plantations PLC (CM:KAHA) shed 10.89% or 4.40 points to 36.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 132 to 55 and 49 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.93% or 0.46 to $50.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.92% or 0.48 to hit $52.92 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.25% or 16.13 to trade at $1272.97 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was unchanged 0.00% to 194.845, while USD/LKR fell 0.26% to 152.050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.71% at 98.95.