📉 CSE Closes Lower as ASPI Drops 0.38%

• Overall Indices: Benchmark ASPI shed 75.64 points (-0.38%) to close at 19,983.78. The liquid S&P SL20 declined by 13.98 points (-0.25%) to end at 5,686.77. Market turnover stood at Rs. 794.96 Bn (provisional data indicates Rs. 794.96 Mn). • Sector Performance: The banking sector (S&P/CSE Banks) led total turnover, generating Rs. 250.97 Mn. • Key Movers: • Top Gainers: Industrial Asphalts (+20.00%), C T Holdings (+3.13%), Namunukula Plantations (+2📉 Sri Lanka Stocks Close Lower: ASPI Drops 0.38% • Overall Market Performance: The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) closed lower on Tuesday. The benchmark All Share Price Index (ASPI) fell 0.38% (down 75.64 points) to 19,983.78, while the liquid S&P SL20 dropped 0.25% (down 13.98 points) to 5,686.77. Market turnover stood at LKR 794.96 Mn, led by the banking sector with LKR 250.97 Mn. • Top Index Contributors: • Gainers: C T Holdings (+3.13%), Namunukula Plantations (+2.95%), Industrial Asphalts (+20.00%), John Keells Holdings (+0.56%), and ACL Cables (+0.91%). • Decliners: Kotmale Holdings (-4.50%), construction & engineering firm Access Engineering (-2.46%), LOLC Holdings (-2.27%), Dialog Axiata (-0.47%), and Hatton National Bank (-0.47%). • Key Turnover & Crossings: Top crossings included Sampath Bank (LKR 138.00 Mn), Melstacorp (LKR 57.55 Mn), CAL Three Year Closed End Fund (LKR 53.52 Mn), and Access Engineering (LKR 44.86 Mn). • Corporate & Energy Highlights: • Renewable Energy: Vidullanka PLC commissioned its 10 MW Ranna solar power project in Hambantota under a long-term PPA with the CEB, operated via a 50% JV with David Peiris Group. • Corporate Restructuring: Access Engineering shareholders agreed to terminate the South Asia Commercial and Logistics Hub project, expecting to recover ~LKR 1.453 Bn from its LKR 1.762 Bn total investment.