The Colombo Stock Exchange ended Friday’s session lower, but the week as a whole was one of its strongest in months — the All Share Price Index gained 3.7 per cent across the five sessions even as the final one closed in the red.
The ASPI fell 0.60 per cent, or 133.22 points, to close at 22,024.18 on Friday, while the more liquid S&P SL20 lost 1.06 per cent, or 67.55 points, to 6,298.02, EconomyNext reported from exchange data.
Measured from the previous Friday, however, the index rose 784.53 points. The Daily Mirror puts the weekly gains at 3.7 per cent for the ASPI and 4.1 per cent for the S&P SL20, with average daily turnover of Rs. 4.46 billion — figures consistent with EconomyNext’s point total.
What moved
Friday’s turnover was Rs. 3.23 billion, with capital goods leading at Rs. 869.21 million.
| Dragging the index | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Pieris & Company | Rs. 27.20 | −6.21% |
| Singer (Sri Lanka) | Rs. 77.30 | −2.40% |
| LOLC Holdings | Rs. 405.00 | −2.17% |
| Sampath Bank | Rs. 154.00 | −1.91% |
| Hatton National Bank | Rs. 403.75 | −1.88% |
On the other side, Aitken Spence rose 3.60 per cent to Rs. 151.00, LOLC Finance 1.96 per cent to Rs. 5.20 and Ceylon Tobacco Company 1.05 per cent to Rs. 1,828.50. Dialog Axiata closed at Rs. 50.20, up 0.40 per cent — a figure both newsrooms report identically. Commercial Bank finished flat at Rs. 225.25.
The Daily Mirror also recorded high-net-worth and institutional interest in Dialog Axiata, Dipped Products and Hemas Holdings, with retail activity in TAJ Lanka Hotels Rights and Softlogic Finance. Foreign participation stayed subdued, though overseas investors closed as net buyers.
The week was the first full trading week after the 2027 Budget was read in Parliament, and the market’s 3.7 per cent advance came despite Friday’s pullback.