Sri Lanka stocks down in intra-day trading, utilities lead turnover

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange indices were trading down midday, CSE data showed, with the benchmark All Share Price Index moving down 0.45 percent. The ASPI was down 100.72 points at 22,309.09, while the more liquid S&P SL20 was down 0.53 percent, or 32.80 points, at 6,214.62. Positive contributors to the ASPI were Colombo Dockyard (up 0.96 percent at 131.50 rupees), Ceylon Grain Elevators (up 0.50 percent at 40.00 rupees), LOLC Holdings (up 0.58 percent at 523.00 rupees), and Pan Asia Banking Corporation (up 1.29 percent at 54.90 rupees). John Keells Holdings (down 0.49 percent at 20.30 rupees), Dialog Axiata (down 0.85 percent at 46.90 rupees), and Windforce (down 4.65 percent at 41.00 rupees) were top negative contributors. Market turnover was 951.8 million rupees, with utilities contributing 448.6 million rupees to the total. Analysts noted that Convenience Foods Lanka authorized a first and final dividend of 8.00 rupees per share for the financial year ended March 31, 2026. Meanwhile, Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) proposed a first and final dividend of 2.50 rupees per share for both its voting and non-voting ordinary shares, funded through dividends received from its subsidiary. (Colombo/June30/2026)