CSE down 0.65% during week, ends on the up

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The Colombo stock market extended the rebound into a second straight session to end the week on the up. During the week, the ASPI fell 0.65% and the S&P SL20 was down 0.86%.

Yesterday, the ASPI ended up 1.07% or 213.9 points at 20,185.05 and the active S&P SL20 gained 0.7% or 39.81 points to 5,738.83.Winners outweighed losers 184 to 33 with top contributions to the ASPI gain from DIAL, DIST, CCS, HNB and COMB.

Turnover was over Rs. 1.1 billion on over 68.4 million shares traded, foreign investors were net sellers on a net outflow of Rs. 8.7 million.

First Capital Research said the bourse continued its renewed investor sentiment from the previous session and closed the week in positive territory, after the market dipped below 20,000 points earlier in the week.

HNW investors accounted for most of the turnover, while retail investors were moderately active amidst showing some buying interest. Notably, investors seemed to await financial results of companies for the quarter ending September 2026.

The materials sector led the daily turnover with a share of 24%, followed by the banks and capital goods sectors collectively contributing 34%.