Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Motors and Investment Trust sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Selinsing PLC (CM:SELI), which rose 20.02% or 270.20 points to trade at 1620.00 at the close. Indo Malay PLC (CM:INDO) added 11.51% or 190.90 points to end at 1849.90 and Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) was up 11.51% or 12.20 points to 118.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sathosa Motors PLC (CM:SMOT), which lost 12.66% or 40.60 points to trade at 280.00 in late trade. Dunamis Capital PLC (CM:CSEC) declined 9.52% or 2.00 points to end at 19.00 and Singhe Hospitals Ltd (CM:SIGH) shed 8.70% or 0.200 points to 2.100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 96 to 78 and 37 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.65% or 0.80 to $49.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.73% or 0.85 to hit $50.02 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.77% or 9.95 to trade at $1284.85 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 1.23% to 209.585, while USD/LKR fell 0.73% to 144.095.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.56% at 93.77.