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India Business News: Equity indices continued to surge for the sixth straight session on Monday with the benchmark BSE sensex rising over 600 points led by gains in auto a

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read Feb 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, dragged by losses in financial and industrial stocks. * The benchmark stock index ended down 2% at 8,113.26. It fell 2% in the past week and is up 19.8% for the year so far. * Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index fell to 142.8 million from 110 million in the previous session. * Conglomerate Lanka Orix Leasing Company and Vallibel One Plc were the top two drags to the benchmark, falling 6.8% each. * Fore...

India Business News: Equity indices plunged on Monday with the benchmark BSE sensex falling over 500 points dragged by losses in IT and FMCG stocks.The 30-share BSE index

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read Jan 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended at a record high on Thursday, led by gains in industrial and financial stocks. * The benchmark stock index closed 3.13% higher at 8,131.25. The index has now notched 16 sessions of gains out of 17 sessions. * Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index rose to 377.65 million from 287.96 million in the previous session. * Holding companies Lanka ORIX Leasing Company Plc and Hayleys Plc were the top boosts to the index, gaining ...

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read Jan 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended nearly 1% higher on Wednesday, boosted by financial and industrial stocks. * The benchmark stock index ended up 0.97% at 7,884.45. The index has now notched 15 sessions of gains out of 16 sessions. * Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index fell to 287.96 million from 690.06 million in the previous session. * Holding company Hayleys Plc and investment company Vallibel One Plc were the top boosts to the index, gaining 14.5% ...

India Business News: Equity indices scaled fresh peaks on Wednesday with the benchmark BSE sensex rising nearly 400 points led by gains in IT and auto stocks. Both the ind

Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Tuesday, weighed down by industrial and financial stocks, after the central bank kept its key interest rates unchanged and said the economy is expected to have contracted by around 3.9% for the full year 2020.

India Business News: Equity indices plunged for the second straight session on Monday with the benchmark BSE sensex falling over 450 points, amid reports that the Reserve

Financial and industrial stocks boosted Sri Lankan shares nearly 4% higher on Friday, a day after the stock market was closed for a holiday.

By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read Jan 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday and logged their best week in two months, as industrial and consumer stocks gained amid a global rally on hopes of economic recovery. * The CSE All Share Index ended up 0.31% at 7,119.53, its highest closing level since September 2015. It ended the week 5.1% higher, clocking its 10th straight week of gains. * Conglomerate Expolanka Holdings Plc was the top boost to the index on Friday, closing up 10.3%, whil...