{
  "id": 10466447,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares fall as utilities, real estate stocks weigh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/sri-lankan-shares-fall-as-utilities-real-estate-stocks-weigh",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-28T14:33:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40441628/sri-lankan-shares-fall-as-utilities-real-estate-stocks-weigh"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares experienced a decline on Monday, driven by losses in utilities and real estate sectors. The CSE All Share index closed down 0.44% at 20,943.79, with Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC and Tess Agro PLC recording the largest percentage drops of 14.3% and 11.1%, respectively. Trading volume increased to 32.1 million shares, while the market's turnover decreased to 596 million Sri Lankan rupees, marking a drop from the previous session's 814.9 million rupees. Foreign investors acted as net buyers, purchasing stocks worth 10.9 million rupees, whereas domestic investors were net sellers, offloading shares worth 593 million rupees.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}