{
  "id": 13974354,
  "title": "Industrial stocks drag Sri Lankan shares lower",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/industrial-stocks-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-12T14:18:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40443829/industrial-stocks-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, dragged by industrial stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.28% lower at 20,260.06 points. Hemas Holdings and CIC Holdings were the biggest drag on the index, down 1.31% and 2.22%, respectively. Trading volume on the index fell to 46.6 million shares from 70.1 million shares in the previous session. The equity market’s turnover rose to 1.19 billion…",
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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."
}