Financials stocks drag Sri Lankan shares lower
Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Friday, dragged by financials stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.6% lower at 20,142.33 points. Hatton National Bank PLC and LOLC Holdings PLC were among the biggest drags on the index, down 1.3% and 3.7%, respectively, on the day. Trading volume on the index fell to 48.6 million shares from 117.4 million shares in the previous session. The equity market’s…
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