ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange saw mixed sentiment on Wednesday, as its All Share Price Index closed up, while the S&P SL20 closed down. The All Share Price Index was up 0.03 percent, or 7.45 points, at 22,791.07. The S&P SL20 was down 0.11 percent, or 7.21 points, at 6,276.86. Market turnover was 6.61 billion rupees. Most of this came from capital goods (Rs1.5bn) and bank (Rs1.19bn) stocks. Top contributors to the ASPI were Colombo Dockyard (up 27.50 rupees at 171.25), Sampath Bank (up 1 rupee at 149.50), Central Finance (up 4.25 rupees at 317.50), Harischandra Mills (up…
Sri Lanka stocks close up, but S&P SL20 dips
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