ASPI gains

The market ended the day with the two main indices pointing in opposite directions amid lesser activity levels as opposed to yesterday.

The Colombo benchmark index, the All Share Price Index (ASPI) gained a marginal 0.09% (4.87 points) over yesterdays close whilst the Milanka Price Index (MPI) lost 0.37% (18.44 points) during the day.

The S&P SL 20 Index (S&P) slid by 0.05% (1.63 points.

The ASPI, MPI & the S&PSL20 ended the day at 5,512.66 points, 5,020.86 points & 3,017.99 points respectively.

Market turnover narrowed down to LKR 464.30 Mn. The top turnover generators for the day were Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (COMB), The Bukit Darah PLC (BUKI), Cargills (Ceylon ) PLC (CARG), PC Pharma PLC (PCP), and Sampath Bank PLC (SAMP).

The top five turnover generators accounted for 75% of the total market turnover.