COLOMBO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's benchmark All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) surpassed the 18,500 mark for the first time on Friday.
The ASPI increased by 379.77 points to 18,541.26 points at the close of trading, surpassing the 18,000 mark for the first time on June 30. Meanwhile, the S&P SL20 increased 127.86 to close at 5,486.50 points.
Friday's turnover was over 10.22 billion rupees (About 33.4 million U.S. dollars).
The ASPI measures the movements of the overall market, while the S&P SL20 follows the performance of 20 leading publicly traded companies listed on the CSE. ■
