Colombo Blue Chip stocks continued to fall along with mid caps. ASI shed 27.96 points to close at 2348.26 while Milanka index closed the day 34.60 points lower at 2632.59. Turnover was Rs 165.8 million.

There was Rs 40.5 million worth of foreign purchases & only Rs 9.8 foreign sales recorded during the day.

There were 119 losers while only 17 gainers. Investors were tiring to stay away from the market with deepening world economic crises.

JKH lost 2.75 to close at Rs 129.75. DFCC was down by 3.50 to close at Rs 127.50 while National Development bank (NDB) shed two rupees to close at Rs 154.00. Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC lost 1.25 to close at Rs 129.25.

Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka which is controlled by business tycoon Harry Jayawardana was down by 1.25 to close at Rs 84.75.

Heavy interest seen on Vallibel Power Company (VPEL) & closed 10 cents higher at Rs 3.40. Over 4.5 million VPEL shares traded during the day.

Dialog Telekom (Subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia) closed unchanged at Rs 5.25.

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