{
  "id": 6430009,
  "title": "Utilities, industrials drag Sri Lankan shares lower",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/utilities-industrials-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-09T13:31:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40438670/utilities-industrials-drag-sri-lankan-shares-lower"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Wednesday, dragged by utilities and industrials stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 0.35% lower at 21,466 points. Ceylinco Holdings and Hayleys Plc were the top losers, down 33.66 points and 14.89 points respectively, on the day. Trading volume on the index fell to 43.1 million shares from 68.1 million shares in the previous session. The equity market’s…",
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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."
}