Sri Lanka stocks close up, Dialog, JKH, Hayleys drive gains

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Thursday, with the All Share Price Index moving 0.89 percent, CSE data showed. The ASPI rose 198.46 points to close at 22,407. The S&P SL20 closed up 0.99 percent, or 61.10 points, at 6,242. Turnover was 2.7 billion r…

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Thursday, with the All Share Price Index moving 0.89 percent, CSE data showed. The ASPI rose 198.46 points to close at 22,407. The S&P SL20 closed up 0.99 percent, or 61.10 points, at 6,242. Turnover was 2.7 billion rupees. Top positive contributors to the ASPI were Dialog Axiata (up 1.40 rupees at 47), John Keells Holdings and Hayleys. Top negative contributors were Bukit Darah, Lion and CFLB. Crossings were recorded in Singer (Sri Lanka) (260,000 shares), CIC Holdings (750,000 shares), Aitken Spence (130,000 shares), Commercial Bank of Ceylon (119,680 shares), Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) (360,000 non-voting shares and 265,000 ordinary voting shares), and Hatton National Bank (100,000 non-voting shares).