{
  "id": 15752574,
  "title": "Energy and industrial stocks drag Sri Lankan shares lower",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/energy-and-industrial-stocks-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-20T13:51:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445128/energy-and-industrial-stocks-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Tuesday, dragged by energy and industrial stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.38% lower at 19,983.78 points. Serendib Land PLC and LAUGFS Gas PLC were the top percentage losers, down 12.5% and 10.4%, respectively. Trading volume on the index fell to 20.9 million shares from 33.6 million shares in the previous session. Turnover, however, rose to 741.4…",
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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."
}