Sri Lanka stocks close down on Friday; ASPI falls 0.62-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Friday, CSE data showed, with the benchmark All Share Price Index falling 0.62 percent.

The ASPI was down 124.82 points at 20,142.33, while the more liquid S&P SL20 was down 0.40 percent, or 23.28 points, at 5,750.64.

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Union Assurance (up 4.08 percent at 68.90 rupees), Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka (up 1.10 percent at 55.10 rupees), Ceylon Tobacco Company (up 0.59 percent at 1,795.00 rupees), and John Keells Holdings (up 0.55 percent at 18.20 rupees).

Ambeon Holdings (down 10.72 percent at 30.80 rupees), LOLC Holdings (down 3.66 percent at 375.25 rupees), Royal Ceramics Lanka (down 2.98 percent at 42.30 rupees), Hatton National Bank (down 1.31 percent at 377.75 rupees), and Dialog Axiata (down 0.68 percent at 44.00 rupees) were top negative contributors.

Market turnover was 958.58 million rupees. The Banks industry group led turnover with 185 million rupees.

Commercial Bank recorded a crossing turnover of 50.00 million rupees, according to Dewangi De Silva, Assistant Manager – Research at NDB Securities.

Softlogic Finance PLC recorded a net loss of 100.6 million rupees for the quarter ended September 30, 2026, swinging from a net profit of 84.3 million rupees in the comparative period last year.

The company’s board recommended a 5-for-12 rights issue at 2.50 rupees per share to raise 1.00 billion rupees to strengthen core capital and expand vehicle leasing, subject to shareholder approval on November 13, 2026. (Colombo/Oct30/2026)