Sri Lanka *market update* ASPI close up 0.7-pct, T/O 746 Mn

ASPI close up 6,275.62, up 45.43 points or 0.73 percent with gains seen in Commercial Bank, Carson and Cumberbatch and Distileries Company, brokers said. Turnover was recorded at 764 million rupees, with 111 stocks ending positive and 53 negative. Apr 08, 2016 03.30 p.m

Asian stocks were down on Friday following a dip in the US markets. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index was down 0.8 percent while Japan’s  Topix lost as much as 1.7 percent . Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index retreated 0.8 percent. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index down 0.4 percent. The Kospi index in Seoul dropped 0.7 percent, while New Zealand’s S&P/NZX 50 Index was down 0.5 percent. Apr 08 09.00 a.m