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CSE ASPI touches new high of 23,000 points, then dips
Daily FT
|November 05, 2025
COLOMBO stock market ASPI briefly crossed an all-time high of 23,000 points for the first time in early hours of trading yesterday before dipping slightly.
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The ASPI eventually ended the session gaining 0.11% or 25.18 points to 22,953.49 and the active S&P SL20 closed a marginal 0.05% lower, down 3.12 points to 6,249.28.
Turnover was over Rs. 4.4 billion on more than 161.7 million shares traded.
Foreign investors were net sellers with a net outflow of more than Rs. 485.4 million.
NDB Securities said high net worth and institutional investor participation was noted in Aitken Spence, Dipped Products, and Commercial Bank.
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