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RARE PHOTOS: Sri lankan stock market closing for a week - The Real Truth

Protesters shout slogans during an anti-government demonstration outside the president’s office in Colombo on Friday night, 2022, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country’s crippling economic crisis. (AFP Photo)

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will suspend share trading for all of next week to avoid a possible stock market collapse, as its economic crisis deepens and protests against the government spread.

The announcement on Saturday came after the crisis-hit country almost doubled interest rates and declared a default on its external debt during the traditional New Year holiday.

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