{
  "id": 15613070,
  "title": "Communications stocks drag down Sri Lankan shares",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/communications-stocks-drag-down-sri-lankan-shares",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-19T13:19:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444946/communications-stocks-drag-down-sri-lankan-shares"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, pressured by communications stocks. The CSE All-Share index fell 0.62% to 20,059.42 points. Dialog Axiata and Hatton National Bank were the biggest drags, slipping 2.3% and 0.8%, respectively. Trading volume on the index slumped to 33.6 million shares from the previous session’s 68.4 million. Turnover dipped to 680.3 million Sri Lankan rupees ($2.05…",
  "key_points": [],
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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."
}