Communication services, financials drag down Sri Lankan shares
Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, dragged by communication services and financial stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.3% lower at 20,079.55 points. Dialog Axiata and Commercial Bank of Ceylon were among the biggest drags, down 1.6% and 0.8%, res...
Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, dragged by communication services and financial stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.3% lower at 20,079.55 points. Dialog Axiata and Commercial Bank of Ceylon were among the biggest drags, down 1.6% and 0.8%, respectively, on the day. Trading volume on the index rose to 54.5 million shares from 48.6 million shares in the previous session. The equity market’s turnover di...