{
  "id": 10938239,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares finish nearly flat after previous session's fall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/sri-lankan-shares-finish-nearly-flat-after-previous-sessions-fall",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-30T12:22:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40442000/sri-lankan-shares-finish-nearly-flat-after-previous-sessions-fall"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed nearly flat on Wednesday, following a decline in the previous session, with the CSE All Share index dropping 0.02% to 20,812.93. The nation's central bank maintained its key policy rate at 8.75% for the third consecutive meeting. The Colombo Consumer Price Index increased by 8% year-on-year in September, mirroring the 8% rise observed in the previous month, as reported by the Statistics Department. Among the top gainers were SMB Finance PLC and Softlogic Capital PLC, which surged by 33.3% and 9.9%, respectively. Conversely, Hotel Sigiriya PLC and Lighthouse Hotel PLC were the biggest losers, plummeting by 10.2% and 7.6%, respectively. Trading volume decreased to 58.8 million shares, down from 69.6 million in the prior session, while the equity market's turnover reached 1.55 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($4.69 million), up from 1.01 billion rupees. Foreign investors were net sellers, while domestic investors were net buyers.",
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  "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."
}