{"id":6496,"date":"2026-04-10T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsdive.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/sri-lanka-s-stock-market-gains-momentum-as-ndb-introduces-shares-from-scrip-dividend\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:38:23","slug":"sri-lanka-s-stock-market-gains-momentum-as-ndb-introduces-shares-from-scrip-dividend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsdive.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/sri-lanka-s-stock-market-gains-momentum-as-ndb-introduces-shares-from-scrip-dividend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka&#8217;s Stock Market Gains Momentum as NDB Introduces Shares from Scrip Dividend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FINANCIAL CHRONICLE \u2013 The Colombo Stock Exchange in Sri Lanka experienced a positive start and maintained its upward momentum during midday trading on Friday, as indicated by data on their official website, just before the extended weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The All Share Price Index increased by 1.34 percent, equating to a rise of 293.64 points, bringing the index to a total of 22,138.18.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the S&#038;P SL20 index saw a gain of 1.35 percent, which corresponds to an increase of 81.73 points, resulting in a total of 6,157.91.<\/p>\n<p>The trading turnover reached 2.5 billion rupees.<\/p>\n<p>The National Development Bank announced that it has listed 5,308,377 ordinary voting shares effective from April 10, as part of a scrip dividend distribution at a ratio of 1:80.4180744886808. 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