{
  "id": 16204522,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares fall for fourth straight week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/sri-lankan-shares-fall-for-fourth-straight-week",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-23T15:08:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445643/sri-lankan-shares-fall-for-fourth-straight-week"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Friday, extending losses for a fifth straight session, dragged down by utility stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.17% lower at 19,684.91 points. The index dropped 2.52% over the week, its fourth straight weekly fall. Dialog Axiata Plc and Carson Cumberbatch Plc were the biggest decliners on the index, down 9.7% and 9.1%, respectively, on the day. Trading…",
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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."
}