Trading at the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) will be closed at 12.30 p.m on Wednesday (5 August 2020) in view of the parliamentary Election, Chief Operating Officer of the CSE Renuka Wijewardena said in a statement today (30).

Accordingly, trading will be limited to 1 1/2 hours from 11.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.