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Sri Lankan shares fall for fourth session as consumer staples, financials weigh
Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Thursday, extending losses for a fourth straight session, dragged down by consumer staples and financials stocks. The CSE All-Share index settled 1.05% lower at 19,717.92 points. Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka and Hatton National Bank were the biggest decliners, falling 3.6% and 1.2%, respectively. Trading volume on the index slipped to 64.3 million shares from 65.2 million shares in the previous session. The equity market’s turnover dipped to 1.10 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($3.31 million) from 1.46 billion rupees in the previous session, according to excha...
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