{
  "id": 12158722,
  "title": "IT stocks drag Sri Lankan shares lower",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/it-stocks-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-05T13:11:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40442735/it-stocks-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, dragged down by IT stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.81% lower at 20,644.26 points. Serendib Hotels and Ambeon Holdings were the top percentage losers on the index, down 10.1% and 9.3%, respectively, on the day. Trading volume on the index more than doubled to 67.6 million shares from 29.9 million shares in the previous session. The equity…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}