Shares end at record high as industrials jump

REUTERS: Sri Lankan shares ended at an all-time high yesterday, driven by gains in industrial shares.

The CSE All-Share index ended up 1.16 percent at 8,997.60 points.

Conglomerate Expolanka Holdings PLC was the top boost, gaining 18.95 percent.

Domestic COVID-19 cases rose by 4,562 in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 436,081, even as the island-nation remains under a lockdown that has been extended till Sept. 6.

Sri Lanka reported 216 fatalities due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 8,991.

Data from Johns Hopkins University showed the country has fully vaccinated 32.90 percent of its population so far.
Twenty seven stocks hit fresh highs, while 26 hit new lows on the main exchange, according to RefinitivEikon data.