{
  "id": 5350686,
  "title": "Material stocks lift Sri Lankan shares higher",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/material-stocks-lift-sri-lankan-shares-higher",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T14:16:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40437783/material-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 materials stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.3% higher at 21,395.11 points. Ceylinco Holdings Plc and Haycarb Plc were the top index point gainers, up 41.92 points and 11.07 points, respectively, on the day. Trading volume on the index rose to 118.2 million shares from 50.9 million shares in the previous session. The equity market’s…",
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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."
}