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Colombo stocks extend rebound into second session
Daily FT
|September 18, 2025
THE Colombo stock market closed up yesterday continuing its rebound for the second consecutive session on buoyant investor sentiments.
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The benchmark ASPI closed 0.76% higher, up 156.05 points to 20,775.42. The active S&L SL20 gained 0.59% to end 34.89 points up at 5,903.00.
Turnover was Rs. 6.61 billion on over 238.8 million shares traded during the day.
Foreigners were net sellers with an outflow of Rs. 580 million, up from Rs. 270.8 million the previous session.
NDB Securities said the indices closed in the green as a result of price gains in counters such as Commercial Bank, Hemas Holdings and Melstacorp with the turnover crossing Rs. 6.6 billion.
High net worth and institutional investor participation was noted in Chevron Lubricants, Access Engineering and Hatton National Bank nonvoting.
This story is from the September 18, 2025 edition of Daily FT.
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