ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange was down during Thursday midday trade, data from CSE showed. The All Share Price Index was down 0.08 percent, or 19.12 points, at 22,620.69. The S&P SL20 was down 0.09 percent, or 5.44 points, at 6,208.40.
Ceylon Cold Stores (up 3.07 percent at 117.50 rupees), Commercial Bank (up 0.12 percent at 209.25 rupees), and Hatton National Bank (up 0.24 percent at 411 rupees) were top positive contributors to ASPI. John Keells Holdings (down 0.99 percent at 20 rupees), Hayleys (down 0.43 percent at 230 rupees), and R I L Holdings (down 0.69 percent at 28.70 rupees) were top negative contributors. Market turnover was 964 million rupees.
Food, Beverage and Tobacco led turnover with 377.4 million rupees. Ambeon Holdings PLC announced a proposed sub-division of its ordinary voting shares, intended to enhance the liquidity and tradability of its shares. Under the proposal, every ordinary voting share will be sub-divided into four, increasing the total number of issued shares from 356,869,666 to 1,427,478,664. The share was trading up 0.77 percent at 164 rupees. (Colombo/April23/2026)