Colombo bourse swung between gains and losses on Friday to stand in positive territory amid the further decline in Treasury bills on Wednesday's auction, analysts said. The benchmark All Share Price index advanced marginally by 0.04 per cent to stand at 7,215.60 while S&P SL 20 index marginally gained 0.01 per cent to show 4,059.21 on a Rs. wwww328.8 million turnover by 12. 05 pm. The gains were mainly fuelled by price appreciations in counters such as Cargills, Commercial Leasing & Finance and Dialog Axiata.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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