Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Services and Land & Property sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC (CM:ASHO), which rose 24.84% or 249.50 points to trade at 1253.90 at the close. Office Equipment PLC (CM:OFEQ) added 22.18% or 11.80 points to end at 65.00 and Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) was up 18.16% or 99.90 points to 650.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Equity Two PLC (CM:ETWO), which lost 12.93% or 7.50 points to trade at 50.50 in late trade. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) declined 12.50% or 0.100 points to end at 0.700 and Paragon Ceylon PLC (CM:PARA) shed 11.76% or 8.00 points to 60.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 119 to 71 and 56 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.83% or 0.44 to $52.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.84% or 0.47 to hit $55.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 3.00 to trade at $1291.50 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.01% to 190.530, while USD/LKR fell 0.11% to 151.890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 100.24.