{
  "id": 19801028,
  "title": "Financial and industrial stocks drag Sri Lankan shares lower",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/financial-and-industrial-stocks-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-13T11:43:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40448771/financial-and-industrial-stocks-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Friday, dragged down by financial and industrial stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.6% lower at 22,024.18 points. Hatton National Bank and Richard Pieris were among the biggest drags on the index, losing 1.9% and 6.2%, respectively. Trading volume jumped to 100.7 million shares from 87.1 million shares in the previous session. The equity market’s turnover…",
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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."
}