Colombo equities demonstrated positive investor sentiment yesterday. The Benchmark Index, ASPI closed the day at 6,559.61 points, gaining 35.93 points. This was mainly due to price gains in counters such as HNB.N (LKR 262.80,+2.66%), SAMP.N (LKR 349.90,+3.43%), LOLC.N (LKR 141.50,+2.54%), CCS.N (LKR 897.30,+1.92%) and SLTL.N (LKR 29.70,+2.06%). The Blue Chip Index S&P SL20 increased by 36.46 points or +0.9% to close at 3,870.42.
Foreigners took the position of net sellers for the day, recording a net foreign outflow of LKR 133mn for the day.
SAMP.N recorded the highest turnover for the day of LKR 924.7mn, followed by NDB.N (LKR 226.3mn) and JKH.N (LKR 203mn).
The day saw turnover decrease by 10.5% to LKR 1931mn compared to the last trading day.
Bank Finance and Insurance Sector managed to record the highest turnover of LKR 1391.4mn for the day, followed by Diversified Holdings Sector and Beverage Food and Tobacco Sector with daily turnovers of LKR 211.8mn and LKR 99.8mn respectively.
Year to date ASPI Performance stood at +5.3%, while Year to date Blue Chip Index increased by 10.7%. Out of the 249 counters traded today, 61 companies declined while 97 companies closed higher.
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