{
  "id": 9342583,
  "title": "Sri Lankan shares inch higher as communication, IT rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/sri-lankan-shares-inch-higher-as-communication-it-rise",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-23T13:23:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40440865/sri-lankan-shares-inch-higher-as-communication-it-rise"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Wednesday, led by gains in communication services and information technology stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled up 0.15% at 21,085.15. Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) PLC and Agstar PLC were the top percentage gainers on the CSE All-Share index, rising 16.7% and 10.3%, respectively. Trading volume on the index rose to 83.4 million shares from 58.4 million in…",
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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."
}