Shares fall for second day
Shares closed lower on Tuesday, dragged by losses across sectors.
The CSE All Share index settled down 0.39% at 22,177.65, falling for the second consecutive day.
Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC and Lanka Ashok Leyland PLC were the top percentage losers on the CSE All Share index, falling 6.8% and 5.6%, respectively.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share index rose to 82 million shares from 71 million in the previous session.
The equity market’s turnover rose to 2.02 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($6.08 million) from 1.67 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
Foreign investors were net buyers, purchasing stocks worth 123.8 million rupees, while domestic investors were net sellers, offloading shares worth 1.97 billion rupees, the data showed.