Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Stores & Supplies, Power & Energy and Motors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share gained 0.04% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 12.50% or 0.10 points to trade at 0.90 at the close. Huejay International Investments PLC (CM:HUEJ) added 11.33% or 5.80 points to end at 57.00 and Horana Plantations PLC (CM:HOPL) was up 10.53% or 2.00 points to 21.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO), which lost 17.31% or 450.10 points to trade at 2150.00 in late trade. Standard Capital PLC (CM:SING) declined 11.11% or 10.00 points to end at 80.00 and Muller & Phipps PLC (CM:MULL) shed 7.14% or 0.10 points to 1.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 105 to 87 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.06% or 0.92 to $45.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.48% or 0.67 to hit $46.04 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.35% or 17.45 to trade at $1276.55 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.20% to 211.165, while USD/LKR rose 0.37% to 146.400.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 94.01.