Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange ended the week effectively flat on Friday, with the benchmark All Share Price Index slipping 1.05 points to 22,567.63, according to CSE data.
The more liquid S&P SL20 index fell 0.02 percent, or 1.11 points, to 6,204.62. Market turnover was Rs. 2.068 billion, with capital goods leading trade at Rs. 360.9 million, followed by food, beverages and tobacco at Rs. 354.6 million.
Ceylon Tobacco Company (up 1.88 percent to Rs. 1,813.25), John Keells Holdings (up 0.50 percent to Rs. 20.20) and Dipped Products (up 2.70 percent to Rs. 57) were the top positive contributors to the benchmark index.
On the downside, Central Finance Company fell 1.35 percent to Rs. 255.25, Digital Mobility Solutions Lanka shed 1.46 percent to Rs. 151.75, and Richard Pieris and Company lost 1.64 percent to Rs. 36.
Crossings were recorded in ACL Cables (287,546 shares), Ocean Lanka (500,000 shares), Commercial Bank of Ceylon (504,620 shares) and Central Finance Company (115,171 shares).
The flat session came against a regional backdrop of modest gains, with India’s Nifty 50 adding 1.02 percent to 23,925.30 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng up 0.24 percent at 25,978.07.
The muted domestic market reflects broader currency pressure: market participants said Sri Lanka’s forex market has been hamstrung this week with no active spot quotes, with interventions seen around Rs. 317 on Thursday. One-month forwards are trading near Rs. 319.70, implying a spot rate of around Rs. 318.10 to the dollar — continuing the trend tracked in this week’s foreign investor outflow and earlier Trump ceasefire extension sessions.
