Sri Lanka, July 7 -- The ASPI closed in red as a result of price losses in counters such as Hatton National Bank, R I L Property and Dialog Axiata with the turnover crossing Rs. 1.3bn.

A similar behaviour was witnessed in the S&P SL20. High net worth and institutional investor participation was noted in Windforce, Hemas Holdings and Hatton National Bank nonvoting.

Mixed interest was observed in Singer Sri Lanka, Ceylon Cold Stores and John Keells Holdings whilst retail interest was noted in HNB Finance, Lanka Credit and Business Finance and Ceylon Land & Equity.

Furthermore, foreigners closed as net sellers. Utilities sector was the top contributor to the market turnover (due to Windforce Limited) whilst the sector index lost 0.36%...