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Friday November 13th, 2026
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Sri Lanka stocks close down; ASPI sheds 0.28-pct

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Distilleries, PGP Glass Ceylon, Singer), Hatton National Bank, and Asiri Hospital

October 21, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Industrial Asphalts put on CSE Watch List over auditor disclaimer

The firm is disputing auditor's findings and has outlined a 6-month window to resolve disputes before trading suspension

October 21, 2026 5 min read

Sri Lanka’s Vidullanka commissions 10MW solar power plant

Developed and implemented by DPV Solar Energy (Pvt) Ltd, a joint venture company with David Peiris Group.

October 21, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks open flat, ASPI moves marginal 0.01-pct

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Access Engineering, Dialog Axiata, Asiri Hospital Holdings, and Windforce

October 21, 2026 1 min read
Sri Lanka’s Chrissworld sees 64.5-pct stake change hands for Rs232mn

The transactions involved the purchase of 19,358,555 shares in total, all executed at a price of 12 rupees per share.

Sri Lanka’s Capital Alliance to buy 51-pct stake in Asia Frontier Capital for US$2.5mn

CAL plans to leverage AFC's capabilities to improve its capacity to source global capital flows into Sri Lanka, Banglade

Sri Lanka stocks open higher; ASPI gains led by John Keells, Dialog

Market turnover was 95.52 million rupees. Materials led turnover with 24.19 million rupees.

September 3, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close flat on Rs1.28bn turnover

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Ceylinco Insurance, Haycarb, Dipped Products and NDB

September 2, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks down Wednesday midday, banks lead turnover

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Ceylon Cold Stores, Haycarb and Industrial Asphalts

September 2, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close marginally down; ASPI dips 0.08-pct

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Browns Investments, Vallibel one, Singer, Access Engineering and CCS

September 1, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks start September on a high as ASPI nears 21,400

Positive contributors to the ASPI were HNB, Dialog, Colombo Dockyard

September 1, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close up on Monday, capital goods lead turnover

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Browns Investments, Carson Cumberbatch and Windforce

August 31, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks trend up on Monday, capital goods lead turnover

Market turnover was 144.9 million rupees.

August 31, 2026 1 min read

Carson Cumberbatch Group buys 10.05-pct stake of Sri Lanka's CT Holdings

Particulars of the buying and selling parties are as follows:

August 29, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close higher with ASPI up 0.20-pct

Arcasia Investment and ATX Partners voluntary offer to buy shares of Industrial Asphalts now a mandatory offer

August 28, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks up at midday; Capital goods lead turnover

Market turnover stood at 347 million rupees, with Capital Goods leading the turnover generating 93.7 million rupees.

August 28, 2026 1 min read
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Sri Lanka stocks close down, capital goods lead turnover

Cargills (Ceylon), Dialog Axiata and Citizens Development Business Finance were top negative contributors.

August 25, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks flat, capital goods lead turnover

August 25, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down, despite CT Holdings, Cargills record sale

Market turnover reached 16.85 billion rupees.

August 24, 2026 1 min read

CT Holdings, Cargills Rs15bn divestment drives Sri Lanka bourse

The largest transaction for 2026, and brought the total turnover to 16.85 billion rupees today. 

August 24, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks trend down shortly after open

Market turnover was 162 million rupees.

August 24, 2026 1 min read

Stocks close up on Friday, capital goods lead turnover

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Citizens Development Business Finance, Sierra Cables, Hemas Holdings, Dialog Axia

August 21, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks up on Friday morning, capital goods lead turnover

Sierra Cables announced a board-approved capital investment plan of 3,229,760 US dollars

August 21, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks dip; Industrial Asphalts spikes 16.7-pct ahead of buyback offer

Positive contributors to the ASPI were Aitken Spence, Dialog Axiata, Central Finance Company

August 20, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Arcasia, ATX Partners plan Rs1.5bn Industrial Asphalts buyout

Under the equal purchase agreement, Arcasia and ATX Partners will each buy 50 percent of the total shares tendered

August 20, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Singer Finance plans rights issue of 76,648,787 shares

8 new ordinary voting shares for every 29 existing ordinary voting shares.

August 20, 2026 1 min read