Inflation ( CCPI)50.6% (Feb 2023)
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Sri Lanka stocks end the year 2020 with double digit return

SocialDec 31, 2020
Sri Lanka stocks end the year 2020 with double digit return
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Sri Lanka ASPI stock index end the year 2020 with double digit return (10.50%). Index plunged by 30% just after exchange re-open for trading in May (May 12 - 4247.95) after COVID hit the country. Since then, the index has apricated 59%, the highest among the Asian region. MSCI Frontier Market return for the year was only 1%, MSCI Emerging Market return for the year was 15.5%.

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