{
  "id": 11450003,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares close lower",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/sri-lankan-shares-close-lower",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-02T13:49:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40442361/sri-lankan-shares-close-lower"
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Friday, and slipped for the week. The CSE All Share index settled down 0.33% at 20,812.64, and fell 1.07% over the week. SMB Finance PLC and Eastern Merchants PLC were the top percentage losers on the CSE All Share index, falling 8.3% and 4.8%, respectively. Trading volume on the CSE All Share index fell to 29.9 million shares from 65.4 million in the previous…",
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  "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."
}