Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Stores & Supplies, Beverages & Tobacco and Power & Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share declined 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were PC House PLC (CM:PCHO), which rose 50.00% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.200 at the close. Central Investments and Finance PLC (CM:CIFL) added 14.29% or 0.100 points to end at 0.800 and Union Chemicals Lanka PLC (CM:UCHE) was up 12.80% or 59.00 points to 520.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Metropolitan Resource Holdings PLC (CM:MPRH), which lost 15.31% or 4.70 points to trade at 26.00 in late trade. Pegasus Hotels of Ceylon PLC (CM:PEG) declined 12.28% or 5.60 points to end at 40.00 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) shed 8.78% or 2.80 points to 29.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 102 to 92 and 21 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.24% or 1.25 to $54.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.86% or 1.73 to hit $58.59 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.32% or 3.70 to trade at $1164.10 a troy ounce.
GBP/LKR was up 0.06% to 209.200, while USD/LKR rose 0.26% to 134.140.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 96.67.