{
  "id": 3011256,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares slip as losses in energy and real estate weigh",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/sri-lankan-shares-slip-as-losses-in-energy-and-real-estate-weigh",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T12:05:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40436312/sri-lankan-shares-slip-as-losses-in-energy-and-real-estate-weigh"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares experienced a decline on Monday, with losses in the energy and real estate sectors outweighing gains in the IT sector. The CSE All-Share index closed down 0.34% at 21,344.77, with SMB Finance PLC and Eastern Merchants PLC leading the downturn, falling by 33.3% and 7.6%, respectively. Trading volume on the index increased to 67.1 million shares from the previous session's 50.3 million shares, with the equity market's turnover rising to 16.85 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($51.24 million) from 1.22 billion rupees in the previous session. Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading stocks worth 962.3 million rupees, while domestic investors were net buyers, purchasing shares worth 16.8 billion rupees.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}