CSE Closes Marginally Lower as ASPI Dips 0.08% 📉

• Market Performance: Benchmark All Share Price Index (ASPI) fell 0.08% (-16.47 points) to 21,322.22, while the S&P SL20 dropped 0.34% (-20.36 points) to close at 5,989.32. Total turnover reached Rs 2.32 Bn. • Sector & Stock Movements: The Food, Beverage & Tobacco sector led market turnover with Rs 400.53 Mn. Positive drivers included Browns Investments (+7.55%), Singer Sri Lanka (+2.78%), Vallibel One (+2.03%), Ceylon Cold Stores (+1.25%), and Access Engineering (+0.94%). Dragging indices down were John Keells Holdings (-2.01%), DFCC Bank (-1.76%), Aitken Spence (-1.41%), and Dialog Axiata (-0.86%). • Corporate Highlights: Kapruka Holdings shares gained 1.07% to close at Rs 18.90 following plans to reallocate Rs 50 Mn of unutilized IPO funds to working capital. Management deemed its original plan for a personal cargo marketplace non-viable, with reallocation subject to AGM shareholder approval.