The Colombo Stock Exchange’s (CSE) trading began negatively but bounced back slightly due to stockbrokers reducing their debt component. Shares edged downwards mid-day with selling pressure and profit-taking attributed to the market’s decline. However, later in the day, high net-worth and institutional investors showed an interest in NDB and Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings. The Food, Beverage & Tobacco sector made the largest contribution to the market turnover due to Browns Investments. The Capital Goods sector made the second-highest contribution to the market turnover, including Sri Lanka Telecom, Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings, NDB, and Lanka IOC. In the Treasury bond market, yields were also up. The Sri Lanka rupee opened at 322/327 against the US dollar, steady from 322/325 the day before.