Colombo equities which started weekly operations on a negative note on Monday, bounced back in early trade on Tuesday, with renewed retail interest, analysts said.
Albeit the upward momentum, early trade was on thin market activity with analysts predicting that retailers are likely to hold both indices robust till mid day. The benchmark All Share price index increased marginally by 0.06 per cent to stand at 7,140.70 by 10.15 am while the S&P SL 20 index saw a 0.12 per cent rise to stand at 4,089.72 on Rs. 153.9 million turnover.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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