{
  "id": 7808366,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares fall for third straight session",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/sri-lankan-shares-fall-for-third-straight-session",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-16T14:50:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40439788/sri-lankan-shares-fall-for-third-straight-session"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Wednesday, hurt by broad-based losses led by materials stocks. The CSE All Share index settled 0.61% down at 21,133.41, falling for the third straight session. Industrial Asphalts and SMB Finance PLC were the top percentage losers on the CSE All Share index, falling 14.3% and 9%, respectively. Trading volume on the CSE All Share index rose to 69.4 million shares…",
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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."
}