The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Dayasiri Jayasekara raised concerns over trading in Wealth Trust Securities Limited, stating that its share price rose from Rs. 7 to Rs. 25,000 without a price band, with over 6.3 million shares traded before the market was halted. He argued that this reflected a failure of stock market regulation, damaged investor confidence during discussions on investment, and called for an inquiry and the resignation of responsible officials.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, I raise a serious matter. During this debate, our Hon. Member spoke on an important issue. Today, Wealth Trust Securities Limited commenced share trading, without being subject to a price band. Do you know what happened? A share that was Rs. 7.00 went up to Rs. 25,000. A total of 6,326,664 shares were traded. This is the result of the failure to regulate the stock market. This will seriously damage investor confidence. People enter the market with trust. Today the market was halted. This is a grave error. Those responsible should resign. At a time we are discussing investment, market officials have caused serious damage. Please inquire into this.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 7 January 2026 ·No. 23112 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 January 2026. No. 23112. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/23340