{
  "id": 14969966,
  "title": "Communications, financial stocks lift Sri Lankan shares higher",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/communications-financial-stocks-lift-sri-lankan-shares-higher",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-16T13:40:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444559/communications-financial-stocks-lift-sri-lankan-shares-higher"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, led by communications and financial stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 1.07% higher at 20,185.05 points. Dialog Axiata and Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka were the biggest gainers on the index, rising 3.53% and 2.95%, respectively, on the day. Trading volume on the index rose to 68.4 million shares from 51.6 million shares in the previous session.…",
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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."
}