Saturday Dec 13, 2025
Saturday Dec 13, 2025
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The Colombo stock market yesterday experienced another volatile trading session before ending the week in green and extending its rally to five days.
During the week, the ASPI has gained 1,011.18 points or 4.7% and the S&P SL20 was up 172.03 points or 2.9%. The market gained Rs. 320.65 billion in value, regaining 75.6% of the Rs. 424 billion that was wiped out the previous week.
Yesterday, the ASPI closed on the up, gaining 0.22% or 48.98 points to 22,508.26 and the active S&P SL20 gained 0.04% or 2.51 points to 6,097.66. Market turnover was Rs. 3 billion on over 76.8 million shares traded.
It is commentary of yesterday’s session, First Capital Research said the Colombo Bourse was volatile throughout the day, rising to its intraday high (22,569.05 points) before falling to early profit-taking, and then gradually recovered as buying interest returned.
Top contributors to the ASPI were SFCL, JKH, HAYL, WIND and VLL. HNW participation remained minimal, while retail investors displayed only moderate interest.
The Capital Goods sector accounted for 28% of total turnover, while the Materials and Food Beverage & Tobacco sectors contributed a combined 37%. Foreign investors remained net sellers, posting a net outflow of Rs. 66 million.
NDB Securities said, high net worth and institutional investor participation was noted in Hatton National Bank, Tokyo Cement Company and Commercial Bank.
Mixed interest was observed in Colombo Dockyard, Swisstek and John Keells Holdings while retail interest was noted in Industrial Asphalts, Co-Operative Insurance Company and Lanka Credit and Business Finance.
The Capital Goods sector was the top contributor to the market turnover due to Colombo Dockyard and John Keells Holdings while the sector index gained 0.45%.
The share price of Colombo Dockyard decreased by Rs. 5.50 to close at Rs. 228.75 while John Keells Holdings gained 20 cents to close at Rs. 21.20.
The Materials sector was the second highest contributor to the market turnover due to Tokyo Cement Company (nonvoting) and Swisstek while the sector index increased by 0.94%.
Tokyo Cement (nonvoting) gained Rs. 1.40 to close at Rs. 87.20 and Swisstek recorded a gain of Rs. 4.30 to close at Rs. 94.70. Hatton National Bank was also included amongst the top turnover contributors. The share fell Rs. 2.25 to close at Rs. 392.75.
