Communications stocks drag down Sri Lankan shares

Business Recorder • Oct 19, 2026

Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, pressured by communications stocks. The CSE All-Share index fell 0.62% to 20,059.42 points. Dialog Axiata and Hatton National Bank were the biggest drags, slipping 2.3% and 0.8%, respectively. Trading volume on the in...

Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, pressured by communications stocks. The CSE All-Share index fell 0.62% to 20,059.42 points. Dialog Axiata and Hatton National Bank were the biggest drags, slipping 2.3% and 0.8%, respectively. Trading volume on the index slumped to 33.6 million shares from the previous session’s 68.4 million. Turnover dipped to 680.3 million Sri Lankan rupees ($2.05 million) from 1.14 billio...