Sri Lankan shares gain over 1% after cenbank holds interest rates
Gains in financials and industrials stocks helped Sri Lankan shares snap three straight sessions of losses on Thursday, after the country's central bank held interest rates steady.
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Gains in financials and industrials stocks helped Sri Lankan shares snap three straight sessions of losses on Thursday, after the country's central bank held interest rates steady.
Sri Lankan shares slumped nearly 1.5% on Wednesday, weighed down by losses in heavyweight financial and industrial stocks, a day before the central bank's monetary policy review decision on interest rates.
Sri Lankan shares snapped a three-day winning streak to close lower on Monday, as losses in heavyweight industrial and financial stocks weighed, while bonds fell after the central bank scrapped a buyback plan.
Sri Lankan shares snapped a three-day winning streak to close lower on Monday, as losses in heavyweight industrial and financial stocks weighed, while bonds fell after the central bank scrapped a buyback plan.
Sri Lankan shares closed at a record high on Wednesday, helped by gains in financial and industrial stocks.