Sri Lanka stocks close down on global headwinds, turnover Rs595mn

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Monday after an early uptick, CSE data showed, with the benchmark All Share Price Index moving down 0.39 percent.

The ASPI was down 81.79 points at 20,955.56, while the more liquid S&P SL20 closed down 0.29 percent, or 17.28 points, at 5,923.44.

Market sentiment was weighed down by wider international developments, brokers said.

“Markets were down today; I think it is still very much the global disruptions that are really hurting sentiment,” Raynal Wickremeratne, Head of Research and Strategy at NDB Securities, said.

“Turnover was under 600 million rupees today, which is quite low, though there were crossings in counters such as John Keells and CDB,” Wickremeratne said.

Market turnover was 595.97 million rupees. Diversified Financials led turnover with 128.71 million rupees, followed closely by Capital Goods with 128.44 million rupees.

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka (up 0.76 percent at 52.90 rupees), Ceylon Tobacco Company (up 0.94 percent at 1,790.75 rupees), Laugfs Gas (up 1.86 percent at 43.80 rupees), and Hayleys (up 0.44 percent at 226.00 rupees).

Carson Cumberbatch (down 2.75 percent at 716.50 rupees), Sri Lanka Telecom (down 2.16 percent at 85.90 rupees), Dialog Axiata (down 0.65 percent at 46.10 rupees), and SMB Finance (down 9.09 percent at 1.00 rupee) were among the top negative contributors.

ACL Cables PLC announced an interim dividend of 60 cents per share for the financial year ended March 31, 2026, totaling 431.23 million rupees. The ex-dividend date is October 7, 2026, with payment scheduled for October 26, 2026. (Colombo/Sep28/2026)