ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Wednesday, data on the site showed. The All Share Price Index closed up 0.33 percent, or 77.54 points, at 23,659.70, while the S&P SL20 closed up 0.44 percent, or 29.00 points, at 6,557.60. Turnover was 7.23 billion rupees. Most of this came from capital goods (Rs1.85bn) and banks (Rs1.58bn). Top contributors to the ASPI were: Richard Pieris and Co (up 3.40 rupees at 43.50), John Keells Holdings (up 0.50 rupees at 22.80), Senkadagala Finance (up 61.75 rupees at 1,271.75), Vallibel One (up 4.25 rupees at 109.00), and Aitken Spence (up…
Sri Lanka stocks close up, led by banks and capital goods
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