Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Information Technology and Trading sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Eden Hotel Lanka PLC (CM:EDEN), which rose 50.00% or 8.20 points to trade at 24.60 at the close. Palm Garden Hotels PLC (CM:PALM) added 23.15% or 7.20 points to end at 38.30 and Kalamazoo Systems PLC (CM:KZOO) was up 22.57% or 168.50 points to 915.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EB Creasy and Company PLC (CM:EBCR), which lost 16.56% or 241.10 points to trade at 1215.00 in late trade. F L C Holdings PLC (CM:FREE) declined 13.16% or 0.500 points to end at 3.300 and Nanda Investments and Finance PLC (CM:NAND) shed 11.39% or 7.20 points to 56.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 113 to 75 and 52 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.27% or 0.13 to $47.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.36% or 0.18 to hit $49.77 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.44 to trade at $1282.64 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.90% to 195.460, while USD/LKR fell 0.77% to 151.900.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.85.