CSE wraps up February in red

THE Colombo stock market turned red to conclude February, with indices closing on a negative note yesterday, though turnover was healthy.

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The benchmark ASPI was down by 47 points or 0.2% and the active S&P SL20 was down by 74 points or over 1%. During the month, the ASPI and the S&P lost 0.3% and 0.1% respectively, whilst registering an average daily turnover of Rs. 5.62 billion.

Turnover was Rs. 7 billion involving 369.3 million shares.