COLOMBO, Dec. 31 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's All Share Price Index (ASPI) and the S&P SL20 of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) ended the year of 2024 positively, CSE data on Tuesday showed.

The ASPI closed the year up 0.74 percent at 15,944.61 points, while S&P SL20 Index closed up 1.01 percent at 4,862.10 points, data showed.

Turnover at the year's last trading day was 7.75 billion rupees (about 26.4 million U.S. dollars).

Sri Lanka's financial press said the market had gained around 50 percent year-to-date and that banks, diversified financials and capital goods sectors saw the most investor interest.

Sri Lankan stocks have been bullish this year with the ASPI surpassing the 15,000 mark for the first time in history on Dec. 23.

On Nov. 13, the ASPI crossed the 13,000 mark for the first time since Jan. 31, 2022.

The ASPI measures the movements of the overall market, while the S&P SL20 follows the performance of 20 leading publicly traded companies listed on the CSE. Enditem

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