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Sri Lanka shares lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.04%

Published 11-06-2018, 04:15 pm
Updated 11-06-2018, 04:20 pm
© Reuters.  Sri Lanka shares lower at close of trade; CSE All-Share down 0.04%
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Investing.com – Sri Lanka equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Trading, Construction & Engineering and Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Colombo, the CSE All-Share fell 0.04% to hit a new 3-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CSE All-Share were Chemanex PLC (CM:CHMX), which rose 22.56% or 12.70 points to trade at 69.00 at the close. SMB Leasing PLC (CM:SEMB) added 20.00% or 0.1000 points to end at 0.6000 and Nation Lanka Finance PLC (CM:CSF) was up 14.29% or 0.100 points to 0.800 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide PLC (CM:BLUE), which lost 12.50% or 0.100 points to trade at 0.700 in late trade. ASCOT Holdings PLC (CM:ASCO) declined 9.71% or 3.40 points to end at 31.60 and Hapugastenne Plantations PLC (CM:HAPU) shed 9.69% or 2.20 points to 20.50.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 75 to 71 and 62 ended unchanged on the Colombo Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.22% or 0.80 to $64.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.05% or 0.80 to hit $75.66 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.30% or 3.90 to trade at $1298.80 a troy ounce.

GBP/LKR was down 0.33% to 212.500, while USD/LKR rose 0.06% to 159.140.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.65.

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