Wednesday December 24, 2025 4:29 pm
Wednesday December 24, 2025 4:29 pm
ECONOMYNEXT – Tge Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) ended the session 0.15 percent higher led by selected banking stocks, data on its site showed.
Ahead of the Christmas holiday, the broader All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed 32.05 points up at 21,959.05 while the S&P SL20 marginally rose 0.07 percent, or 4.17 points from Tuesday to close at 6,015.48.
Investor interest in banks and retail shares were seen in the market.
Senkadagala Finance (up 71.50 rupees at 1,201.50 rupees), Atiken Spence (up 4 rupees at 152 rupees), Sampath Bank (up 1 rupee at 142.75 rupees), Bukit Darah (up 23.50 at 1,046.25 rupees), and Cargills (Ceylon) (up 9.25 rupees at 777.25 rupees) were the top contributors for the ASPI.
Upward momentum surrounding construction and its related shares continued for the second consecutive session following news that Cyclone Ditwah had caused destruction of around 4.1 billion US dollars.
Tokyo Cement company (Lanka) was up by 25 cents at 112.25 rupees and Royal Ceramics closed 50 cents up at 44.50 rupees while other companies remained flat ahead of the holiday season.
Market turnover hiked to 4.1 billion rupees from previous session’s 2.5 billion rupees.
John Keells Holdings (1.6 billion rupees), Colombo Dockyard – (DOCK.R) (316 million rupees) and DOCK.N 264 million rupees generated the highest turnover in the session.
Share volume was 147,195,789 with 22,718 trades recorded in the session.
CSE recorded 331 million rupees in net foreign outflow.
In the region, equity markets ended the session in the negative territory ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Foreign investors have acquired 644 million US dollars’ worth of Indian stocks in two months, The Economic Times said.
India’s Nifty 50 was trading 0.018 percent higher at 26,177.15 while the Sensex index was 0.050 percent weaker at 85,524.84.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index ended a session of directionless trading yet again, closing 0.14 percent lower at 50,344.10, Japan’s Mainichi newspaper said.
“Many investors sat on the sidelines ahead of the Christmas holidays overseas amid a lack of new trading cues,” Mainichi newspaper said.
Pakistan’s Karachi Stock Exchange 100 index dipped 0.14 percent to 170,830.22.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index ended 0.17 percent higher at 25,818.93.
Singapore’s benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) fell 0.06 percent or 2.630 points to close at 4,636.340.
Gold and silver prices have surged in response to the Federal Reserve rate cuts and halting of deflationary policy.
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As at 4.15 pm Sri Lankan time, spot gold was trading at 4,487.95 US dollars, up 0.26 percent. (Colombo/Dec24/2025)
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