Business02 October 2017

CSE commences week in green

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Trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange ended on a positive note today with both price indices recording gains.

The All Share Price Index moved up by 32.72 to 6,470.96 while S&P SL20 increased by 21.69 to 3,709.66.

Turnover was Rs. 549.4 million while 37.8 million shares were traded.

Top gainers:

Adam Investments

Blue Diamonds [X]

Lanka Cement

Madulsima

Balangoda

Top losers:

PC Pharma

S M B Leasing [X]

S M B Leasing

Kelsey

Amana Takaful

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