The Colombo Stock Exchange closed lower on Friday, with the All Share Price Index down 133.22 points, or 0.60 percent, at 22,024.18.
The more liquid S&P SL20 fell further in percentage terms, down 1.06 percent or 67.55 points to 6,298.02, EconomyNext reported after the close. Hiru News reported the same index move and the same turnover independently.
Despite Friday’s fall, the market ended the week 784.53 points higher than the previous Friday’s close — a reminder that a single red session has not undone the run-up through the 2027 Budget week.
Turnover
Market turnover was Rs 3.23 billion, with capital goods leading at Rs 869.21 million. Hiru put turnover at Rs 3.2 billion, consistent with the EconomyNext figure.
What moved the index
Negative contributors:
- Hatton National Bank — down 1.88 percent at Rs 403.75
- Richard Pieris and Company — down 6.21 percent at Rs 27.20
- LOLC Holdings — down 2.17 percent at Rs 405.00
- Sampath Bank — down 1.91 percent at Rs 154.00
- Singer (Sri Lanka) — down 2.40 percent at Rs 77.30
Positive contributors:
- Aitken Spence — up 3.60 percent at Rs 151.00
- LOLC Finance — up 1.96 percent at Rs 5.20
- Ceylon Tobacco Company — up 1.05 percent at Rs 1,828.50
- Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka — up 0.52 percent at Rs 58.30
- Dialog Axiata — up 0.40 percent at Rs 50.20
Banks on both sides of the ledger
The two banks among the day’s biggest drags both had results in the market on Friday. Hatton National Bank reported a 4.9 percent fall in September-quarter group net profit on wider trading losses and a swing to impairment charges. Sampath Bank’s September quarter was filed on Thursday.
Neither filing states that the results caused the share moves, and this report does not assert it. The sequence is recorded here because the results and the price moves fell on the same session.
Context
Friday’s close follows Thursday’s session, the first full trading day after the 2027 Budget was presented on Wednesday. The index has traded above 22,000 since Tuesday.
Not reported
Neither filing gives the advance-decline breadth, the number of trades, foreign participation or net foreign flows for the session, and neither carries a broker or analyst comment explaining the move.