📈 CSE Weekly Review: Rs. 424 Bn Value Wiped Out

• Colombo Stock Exchange closed the week in the red, with indices hitting a two-and-a-half-month low. • Overall Figures (Week-on-Week): • ASPI fell by 5.35% (1,215.74 points). • S&P SL20 fell by 5.45% (341.4 points). • Total market value loss for the week was nearly Rs. 424 Bn. • Yesterday's Activity: • Daily turnover neared Rs. 3.97 Bn. • Foreign investors were net buyers with an inflow of nearly Rs. 72 Mn. • Sector Breakdown: • Capital Goods was the top turnover contributor (27.4% of daily turnover), with the sector index losing 1.30% (e.g., JKH, Hemas Holdings). • Banking was the second contributor; the sector index decreased by 1.88% (Key counters: HNB, COMB, SAMP). • Banking and Diversified Financials together accounted for 36.7% of the day's turnover. • Weak sentiment prevailed, with 202 counters closing lower, driving the index further into negative territory.