Sri Lanka stocks close up, ASPI up 0.52-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Friday, CSE data showed, with the benchmark All Share Price Index moving up 0.52 percent.

The ASPI was up 109.35 points at 21,239.65, while the more liquid S&P SL20 was up 0.38 percent, or 22.79 points, at 6,052.67.

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Carson Cumberbatch (up 9.42 percent at 743.50 rupees), Commercial Bank of Ceylon (up 1.82 percent at 210.00 rupees), Hatton National Bank (up 0.96 percent at 393.75 rupees), Dialog Axiata (up 0.86 percent at 47.10 rupees), and Sampath Bank (up 1.67 percent at 152.00 rupees).

SMB Finance (down 9.09 percent at 1.00 rupees), Access Engineering (down 1.50 percent at 78.80 rupees), Chevron Lubricants Lanka (down 2.61 percent at 205.50 rupees), Senkadagala Finance Company (down 7.71 percent at 293.25 rupees), and Panasian Power (down 5.19 percent at 12.80 rupees) were top negative contributors.

Market turnover was 2.89 billion rupees. The S&P/CSE Capital Goods Industry Group Index led turnover with 512.32 million rupees.

Crossings were recorded in Hatton National Bank (217.36 million rupees), Sierra Cables (76.31 million rupees), Sunshine Holdings (30.50 million rupees), Overseas Realty (Ceylon) (27.05 million rupees), and Hayleys (22.70 million rupees), said Dewangi De Silva, Assistant Manager – Research at NDB Securities. (Colombo/Nov06/2026)