The week started on a slow note for the Colombo bourse on Monday with both indices losing value by midday with analysts saying this is a one month low. By 12 noon, the benchmark ASPI was down 0.48 per cent to stand at 6,840.78 with S&P SL20 dipping below the 4,000 level to stand at 3,868.10 shedding 0.85 per cent on a Rs 146.3 million turnover. Foreign investors were on the selling side recording net foreign outflows on all five consecutive days of last week and analysts predicted that they may lose interest this week as well.
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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