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Sri Lankan shares fall for sixth consecutive session

Pakistan Published 26 October 2026, 18:22 · archived 26 Oct 2026

Sri Lankan shares closed marginally lower on Monday, pressured by financial services and consumer stocks. The CSE All-Share index fell 0.23% to 19,640.56 points, recording its sixth consecutive session of losses Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC and Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC were among the biggest drags on the index, down 0.4% and 0.6%, respectively Trading volume on the index slightly fell to 29.7 million shares from 31.5 million shares in the previous session The equity market’s turnover dipped to 666.3 million Sri Lankan rupees ($2.01 million) from 825.1 million rupees in the previo...

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