{
  "id": 19650632,
  "title": "Communications stocks lift Sri Lankan shares higher",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/communications-stocks-lift-sri-lankan-shares-higher",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-12T12:12:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40448593/communications-stocks-lift-sri-lankan-shares-higher"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Thursday, led by communications stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.56% higher at 22,157.40 points. Sri Lanka Telecom PLC and Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka were among the biggest boosts to the index, up 8.1% and 1.1%, respectively, on the day. Trading volume on the index fell to 87.1 million shares from 171.8 million shares in the previous session. The…",
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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."
}