ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Inventory Change closed up on Friday buying and selling, CSE information confirmed, with the benchmark All Share Worth Index shifting up 1.75 %.
The ASPI was up 372.93 factors at 21,642.95, whereas the extra liquid S&P SL20 was up 1.48 %, or 87.71 factors, at 6,022.99.
ASPI noticed a drop of 101.05 factors since final Friday.
“Market sentiment was constructive right this moment, pushed by US President Donald Trump saying he is not going to go forward with the bombings on Iran,” Raynal Wickremeratne, Head of Analysis and Technique at NDB Securities, informed Economynext.
“However to ensure that this to be sustainable, we have to see this proceed for just a few extra days,” Wickremeratne stated on the positivity out there.
Optimistic contributors to the ASPI had been Hatton Nationwide Financial institution (up 2.06 % at 396.00 rupees), Business Financial institution of Ceylon (up 1.63 % at 202.25 rupees), John Keells Holdings (up 1.52 % at 20.00 rupees), and DFCC Financial institution (up 3.19 % at 129.50 rupees).
Seylan Developments (down 11.11 % at 0.80 rupees), Bukit Darah (down 0.75 % at 831.00 rupees), and Malwatte Valley Plantations (down 3.47 % at 52.90 rupees) had been prime destructive contributors.
Market turnover was 1.992 billion rupees. Banks led turnover with 490.8 million rupees.
Wickremeratne additionally added that market turnover has been low for some time, and that buyers search for a time to gather, so a set off just like the potential peace talks within the Center East acts as a sign.
Dialog Axiata introduced that every one resolutions contained within the discover of its twenty ninth Annual Normal Assembly had been duly handed, which included the declaration of a ultimate dividend as really helpful by the Board of Administrators and the re-appointment of Deloitte Companions as auditors to the corporate.
Shares closed up 0.92 % at Rs.43.90.
US President Donald Trump stated on his Fact Social platform: “Based mostly on the truth that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been dropped at the best degree of Iranian management and authorized, I’ve, as President of the US of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings in opposition to Iran this night. Discussions and ultimate factors have been, in each idea and nice element, authorized by all events concerned, together with the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others. The Naval Blockade will stay in full drive and impact till this Transaction is finalized — Time and place of the signing to be introduced shortly.” (Colombo/June12/2026)
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