Prices fall after seven weeks of gains

Coconut auction are near the historic highs seen in the first quarter of 2023

Highest and lowest prices down from a week ago

Retail price was between ]95-105 rupees for a large nut and 80-92 rupees for a smaller one

Investors continued to avoid banking sector shares and several top bank shares saw selling pressure

Ceylinco Insurance Plc transaction contributed 767mn to the day's turnover of 1.5 billion.

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 321.60/85 to the US dollar on Tuesday, dealers said. Bond yields were steady

Turnover was lower than previous day at 567mn. Most of this came from trades in capital goods and food, bev and tobacco

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 322.10/25 to the US dollar on Friday, dealers said. Bond yields were steady.

Turnover was at 668 million. Most of this came from trades in the food, beverage and tobacco industry (145mn).