{
  "id": 19164979,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares climb as financials gain",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/sri-lankan-shares-climb-as-financials-gain",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-09T13:54:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40448129/sri-lankan-shares-climb-as-financials-gain"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Monday, led by financial stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 1.37% higher at 21,531.37 points. The index recorded its fifth consecutive session of gains. Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC and Hatton National Bank PLC were among the biggest boosts to the index, up 2.9% and 1.5%, respectively. Trading volume on the index rose to 144.4 million shares from 112…",
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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."
}