{
  "id": 873032,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares rise on gains in communication, IT stocks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/sri-lankan-shares-rise-on-gains-in-communication-it-stocks",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T12:18:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40434830/sri-lankan-shares-rise-on-gains-in-communication-it-stocks"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, led by communication services and information technology stocks, marking their second straight week of gains after a five-week losing streak. The CSE All-Share index settled up 0.39% at 21,623.17, closing the week 1.1% higher. Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC and Softlogic Capital PLC were the top percentage gainers on the CSE All-Share index Trading…",
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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."
}