Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Footwear & Textile, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals and Beverages & Tobacco sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Hotel Sigiriya PLC (CM:HSIG), which rose 21.84% or 21.10 points to trade at 117.70 at the close. Tangerine Beach Hotels PLC (CM:TANG) added 19.17% or 11.50 points to end at 71.50 and Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) was up 16.67% or 0.100 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Royal Palms Beach Hotels PLC (CM:RPBH), which lost 11.50% or 3.90 points to trade at 30.00 in late trade. Arpico Finance Company PLC (CM:ARPI) declined 8.91% or 18.80 points to end at 192.20 and CT Land Development PLC (CM:CTLD) shed 8.58% or 4.70 points to 50.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.26% or 0.61 to $47.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.15% or 0.56 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.85 to trade at $1251.05 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was down 0.31% to 212.555, while USD/LKR fell 0.07% to 146.710.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 95.37.