Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Beverages & Tobacco, Footwear & Textile and Plantations sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB), which rose 28.57% or 0.2000 points to trade at 0.9000 at the close. Lankem Developments PLC (CM:LDEV) added 11.63% or 0.500 points to end at 4.800 and Adam Investments Ltd (CM:ADAM) was up 9.09% or 0.200 points to 2.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chilaw Finance PLC (CM:CHIL), which lost 11.84% or 2.70 points to trade at 20.10 in late trade. Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC (CM:LPRT) declined 11.54% or 15.00 points to end at 115.00 and Amana Takaful PLC (CM:ATL) shed 11.11% or 0.100 points to 0.800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 63 and 64 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.34% or 0.17 to $49.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.58% or 0.30 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.95% or 11.85 to trade at $1263.75 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.01% to 181.845, while USD/LKR fell 0.50% to 146.245.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 96.74.