FINANCIAL CHRONICLE – On Monday, Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange experienced a decline, marked by significant turnover in the materials, food, beverage and tobacco, and capital goods sectors.
The All Share Price Index (ASPI) decreased by 0.20 percent, or 47.70 points, closing at 23,754.26. Meanwhile, the S&P SL20 index fell by 0.09 percent, or 6.04 points, to settle at 6,608.68.
Among the top positive contributors to the ASPI were Commercial Bank of Ceylon, which closed at 227.75 rupees, and Melstacorp at 182.00 rupees. Conversely, John Keells Holdings was the top negative contributor, closing at 22.20 rupees.
The market turnover reached 6.31 billion rupees, with substantial contributions from the materials sector at 1.18 billion rupees, the food, beverage & tobacco sector at 1.79 billion rupees, and capital goods at 935 million rupees.
Dialog Axiata released its interim report for the December 2025 quarter, indicating a profit decline of 13 percent to 5.88 billion rupees compared to the previous year. Despite this, intra-day shares rose by 1.83 percent, reaching 33.30 rupees.
Renuka Foods announced a share subdivision that will double both its voting and non-voting shares. This subdivision will increase voting shares from 180,005,317 to 360,010,634 and non-voting shares from 7,306,800 to 14,613,600. The share price increased by 1.93 percent, closing at 73.80 rupees.
(Colombo/Feb9/2026)
