{
  "id": 1956991,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares fall as healthcare, IT stocks drag",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/sri-lankan-shares-fall-as-healthcare-it-stocks-drag",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T14:34:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435583/sri-lankan-shares-fall-as-healthcare-it-stocks-drag"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Wednesday, falling for third straight session, due to losses in healthcare and information technology stocks. The CSE All Share index settled down 0.29% at 21,416.57. Pegasus Hotels of Ceylon PLC and Amana Takaful Life PLC were the top percentage losers on the CSE All Share index Trading volume on the CSE All Share index fell to 43.9 million shares from 80.2…",
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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."
}