{
  "id": 776502,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares rise on gains in communication, consumer staples stocks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/sri-lankan-shares-rise-on-gains-in-communication-consumer-staples",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-13T14:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40434663/sri-lankan-shares-rise-on-gains-in-communication-consumer-staples-stocks"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Thursday, led by communication services and consumer staples stocks. The CSE All Share index settled up 0.56% at 21,539. Samson International and LCB Finance were the top percentage gainers on the CSE All Share index. Trading volume on the CSE All Share index rose to 76.7 million shares from 53.7 million in the previous session. The equity market’s turnover rose…",
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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."
}