Sri Lanka shares slip over 2-pct in mid-day trade
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka shares slipped over 2 percent on Wednesday (17) for the second consecutive session pushed down by retail shares LOLC, Hayleys and Expolanka on profit taking.
The main All Share Price Index fell 203.45 points or 2.24 percent to 8,882.79 at 1145 hours.
The most liquid index slipped 3.26 percent or 99.15 points to 2,938.44.
Market generated a turnover of 2.4 billion rupees.
Top losers were LOLC, Hayleys and Expolanka. (Colombo/Aug17/2022)