Category: Economy and Markets
PTL Watch: Selling in 2023, 2024 Sri Lanka bonds
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Brent oil up 5.5 pct, iron ore up 19 pct as commodities rally
Mar 08, 2016 (LBO) – Oil rose to a two-month high, up 5.5 percent, on a technical rally which is being closely watched by markets, as iron ore jumped 19 percent, and Gold rose to its highest in a year. Brent crude rose 5.5 percent to 40.8 dollars per barrel, as analysts said a break […]
Sri Lanka Investment and Business Conclave 2016 to open
Mar 07, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Investment and Business Conclave 2016 organised by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce will commence tomorrow in Colombo with the participation of 125 plus potential investors from 27 countries. Apart from them, 130 Sri Lankan executives representing top local firms will take part in the event in order to […]
PTL Watch: Lackluster trading, some foreign selling in bonds
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Sri Lanka stocks close lower 0.06-pct
Mar 04, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed lower at 0.06 percent with losses in some index heavy stocks, stocks, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed 3.61 points lower at 6,057.22 down 0.06 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 1.60 points lower at 3,204.50 down 0.05 percent. Turnover was 334 […]
Sri Lanka tourism earnings up 23-pct; CSE net inflows down 97-pct in 2015
Mar 04, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s earnings from tourism has increased significantly in 2015 recording a 22.6 percent increase against the previous year. In the twelve months to December, Sri Lanka has earned 2,980.7 million US dollars from tourism while earning 2,431.1 million US dollars in 2014. Workers’ remittances recorded a marginal decline of […]
Sri Lanka exports, imports declines; trade gap widens in December 2015
Mar 04, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports fell 18.7 percent to 817.5 million US dollars in December 2015 from a year earlier while imports fell at a slower 8.5 percent to 1,644.7 million US dollars, official data showed. The trade gap widens 4.4 percent to 827.3 million US dollars from a year earlier. On […]
Sri Lanka’s stock exchange launches educational web portal
Mar 03, 2016 (LBO) – the Colombo Stock Exchange on Thursday officially launched its online educational portal with the aim of improving skills and knowledge related to the capital market among public. The new portal (cse.edu.lk) which delivers content in all three languages is set to assist the CSE in reaching out to a wider […]
‘s visit: BOI
Mar 03, 2016 (LBO) – Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe’s forthcoming visit to Beijing is being eagerly awaited by the Chinese leadership as a timely opportunity to strengthen bilateral relations, the BOI said in a statement. Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Liu Zhenmin has assured Minister Malik Samarawickrama that Chinese authorities are committed to achieving […]
Singer Sri Lanka to raise Rs2bn in listed debt
Mar 02, 2016 (LBO) – Singer Sri Lanka said it is planning to raise as much as 2 billion rupees from a sale of debentures which will be quoted on the Colombo Stock Exchange. The bank said in a stock exchange filing that it wanted to sell 10 million debentures of 100 rupees each. But […]
PTL Watch: Bond yields tick higher on thin volumes
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China positive on trade, investment says Malik after visit
Mar 02, 2016 (LBO) – China is positive about Sri Lanka’s prospects as a strategically located platform for trade, investment and tourism, a statement issued following Minister Malik Samarawickrama’s recent visit to China said. “They saw opportunities for strengthening bilateral cooperation and looked forward to Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe’s visit to China in April to […]