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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%, while liquor maker Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka advanced 5.6%. * Trading volume on the index fell t...