FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – On Thursday, the Colombo Stock Exchange in Sri Lanka ended the trading session with minimal change, as the benchmark All Share Price Index (ASPI) experienced a slight decrease of 0.01 percent, equivalent to a loss of 3.01 points, closing at 22,917.31.
The S&P SL20 index saw a modest increase of 0.07 percent, which translates to a gain of 4.54 points, bringing it to 6,273.95.
Overall market activity recorded a turnover of 2.6 billion rupees, with the capital goods sector leading the way, contributing 931.2 million rupees to the total.
Among the stocks positively impacting the ASPI were John Keells Holdings, which rose by 0.98 percent to reach Rs.20.70, DFCC Bank with a gain of 1.10 percent at Rs.138.00, and Alumex, which surged by 8.82 percent to Rs.18.50.
Conversely, the top decliners included Dialog Axiata, falling by 1.12 percent to Rs.35.20, Hemas Holdings, which decreased by 1.21 percent to Rs.32.60, and Hatton National Bank, which slipped by 0.36 percent to Rs.412.50.
In a separate announcement, Vallibel Finance revealed the successful listing of 29,431,675 ordinary voting shares from its recent rights issue, generating 2,119,080,600 rupees.
Notable transactions included share crossings in several companies: Renuka Hotels (5,250,900 shares), Hatton National Bank (201,864 shares), Janashakthi Limited (2.5 million shares), Commercial Bank of Ceylon (135,856 shares), Hemas Holdings (2 million shares), and John Keells Holdings (2 million shares).
(Colombo/May14/2026)
