Regular trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) was temporarily halted for 30 minutes from 11.02 am to 11.32 am this morning (13) as S&P SL20 index dropped by 5% during the trading session.

S&P SL20 index fell 108.36 points or 5.06% to 2,031.83 and the All Share Price Index also fell 2.63%% or 131.28 points in early trade to 4,861.34.

The market turnover was Rs. 379.8 million.

However, when regular trading at the CSE recommenced at 11.32 am, All Share Price Index was down by 183.20 points to 4,809.42 while S&P SL20 index indicated a fall of 137.07 points to 2,003.12.

This is a decline of 3.67% and 6.40%, respectively, in comparison to the last trading day.