Sri Lanka, July 29 -- The ASPI closed in green as a result of price gains in counters such as Colombo Dockyard, John Keells Holdings and Commercial Bank with the turnover crossing Rs. 2.0bn.

A similar behaviour was witnessed in the S&P SL20. Crossings were witnessed in R I L Property, Hatton National Bank nonvoting and DFCC Bank accounting for 58.8% of the turnover.

Mixed interest was observed in Sampath Bank, Hemas Holdings and John Keells Holdings whilst retail interest was noted in Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka & Finance Rights, LOLC Finance and Browns Investments. Furthermore, foreigners remained active closing as net sellers.

Retailing sector was the top contributor to the market turnover (due to RIL Property PLC) whilst the sector...