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Indices rise despite declining turnover in April
The Colombo Bourse closed positively in April 2026, with the benchmark All Share Price Index (ASPI) increasing by +7.0% MoM to 22,550 po
Summary
Average daily turnover declined to Rs.3,655mn in April 2026 (vs. Top contributors to market turnover in April 2026 were John Keells Holdings (JKH: Rs.3,730mn, 187.3mn shares) and Janashakthi Limited (JXG: Rs.2,137mn, 151.5mn shares) and National Development Bank (NDB: Rs.2,135mn, 19.1mn shares, collectively accounting for ~12.2% of the total market turnover during the month.
What this story is about
People
- Elpitiya Plantations
- Rs.4,705mn
- Rs.5,331mn
Organisations
- Ceylon Tobacco Company2
- CTC2
- S&P2
- CT Smith Securities (Pvt) Ltd
- Colombo Land and Development
- National Development Bank
- Softlogic Life Insurance
- Colombo Stock Exchange
Places
- Lanka IOC
Keywords
- turnover2
- bourse2
- positively
- declining
- billion
- despite
- indices
- points
- surges
- april
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