📉 CSE Trends Lower Ahead of Budget; Materials Leads Turnover

• Market Indices & Turnover - ASPI: Down 0.27% (-60.10 pts) to 22,063.29 - S&P SL20: Down 0.28% (-17.76 pts) to 6,350.36 - Total Turnover: LKR 1.42 Bn - Leading Sector: Materials industry group led with LKR 354.73 Mn turnover • Top Stock Performers & Drag - Gainers: Ceylon Cold Stores (+1.60%), Hayleys (+0.73%), Dialog Axiata (+0.61%), DCSL (+0.70%), Hemas Holdings (+0.30%) - Decliners: Janashakthi Insurance (-4.47%), Singer Sri Lanka (-4.26%), Richard Pieris (-2.69%), Carson Cumberbatch (-1.54%) • Dividend Announcements - Three Acre Farms: LKR 35.00 / share - Ceylon Grain Elevators: LKR 10.00 / share - Dialog Axiata: LKR 0.70 / share - Asia Siyaka: LKR 0.23 / share