{"id":7500,"date":"2026-08-07T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/?p=7500"},"modified":"2026-08-07T07:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:55:14","slug":"colombo-stock-market-records-massive-rs-12-bn-turnover-driven-by-a-major-share-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/colombo-stock-market-records-massive-rs-12-bn-turnover-driven-by-a-major-share-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombo Stock Market records massive Rs. 12 bn turnover driven by a major share deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recorded a landmark trading session yesterday (06), with the daily turnover record surging past the Rs. 12 billion mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the close of trading, the market saw a total turnover of Rs. 12.23 billion. This represents the highest daily turnover recorded since January 8, 2026, when the market reached a turnover of Rs. 12.3 billion. This exceptional performance follows a strong momentum established yesterday (05), which saw a turnover exceeding Rs. 8 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The massive turnover was primarily driven by a major transfer of ownership in Commercial Credit and Finance PLC. A crossing involving 89.78 million shares of the company was executed, contributing Rs. 9.02 billion to the day&#8217;s turnover. When including regular market transactions worth Rs. 351 million, the total turnover for Commercial Credit for the day reached Rs. 9.37 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The seller in this significant transaction was Group Lease Holdings PTE LTD, a foreign entity currently undergoing liquidation. As of June 30, 2026, the company held 95.39 million shares, representing a 29.99% stake in Commercial Credit. Reports indicate that this leading stake was purchased by a group of local investors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the Commercial Credit activity, another notable crossing was recorded for United Motors Lanka PLC, valued at Rs. 1.02 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Market indices also performed strongly yesterday. The All Share Price Index (ASPI) rose by 102.73 points to close at 21,269.67. Meanwhile, the S&amp;P SL20 index saw an increase of 26.41 points, ending the session at 5,971.50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Ada Derana Biz <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) recorded a landmark trading session yesterday (06), with the daily turnover record surging past the Rs. 12 billion mark. By the close of trading, the market saw a total turnover of Rs. 12.23 billion. This represents the highest daily turnover recorded since January 8, 2026, when the market reached a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7502,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7500\/revisions\/7502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fintechnews.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}