{
  "id": 8256688,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares end four-day slide, but log worst week in over two months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/sri-lankan-shares-end-four-day-slide-but-log-worst-week-in-over-two",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T13:17:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440160/sri-lankan-shares-end-four-day-slide-but-log-worst-week-in-over-two-months"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, snapping a four-session losing streak, although they logged their worst weekly decline in over two months. The CSE All Share index settled up 0.16% at 21,056.26, aided by gains in communication services stocks, but fell 1.6% over the week. SMB Finance PLC and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) were the top percentage gainers on the CSE All Share index, rising…",
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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."
}