Sri Lanka stocks end the week down

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Friday, repeating a trend seen during most of the week, as buying interest remained low. The ASPI closed down 0.53 percent, or 122.24 points, at 22,982.72, while the S&P SL20 closed down 0.28 percent, or 17.57 points, at 6,364.61. Turnover was 3.81 billion rupees. Most of this came from food, beverage & tobacco stocks (Rs938mn). Top negative contributors to the ASPI were Hatton National Bank (down 4 rupees at 409.75, Bukit Darah (down 40.25 rupees at 1,059.75), Ambeon holdings (down 13 rupees at 160.50), Senkadagala Finance (down 45.75 rupees at…

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