12 February 2021 08:57 am
Meanwhile, in a brief statement, the Colombo Stock Exchange said despite yesterday’s slide in market indices, the benchmark All Share Price Index (ASPI) and S&P SL20 Index continued to maintain double-digit growth rates year-to-date.
“The All Share Price Index (ASPI) and the S&P SL20 index marked a recovery despite a brief decline during trading today to close trading on an upward trajectory.
“The reversal in the declining trend recorded during the end of trading today ensured that ASPI continues to maintain double-digit growth so far in 2021 at 12.16 percent, while the S&P SL 20 also records 15.21 percent growth in 2021 as at the end of trading today (Thursday),” the statement noted.
“The recovery in the ASPI today also places the index as one of the few primary indices that have indicated double-digit growth in 2021 globally,” it added.