Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka’s 2016 budget passed with a majority of 107 votes
Dec 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka parliament on Wednesday passed the second reading of the Appropriation Bill for next year by a majority of 107 votes. The 2016 budget passed with 159 members of the parliament voting in favor and 52 opposing it and 13 absent. UNP and TNA voted in favor of the […]
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields fall
Dec 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s 6-month Treasuries yields fell 10 basis points to 6.30 percent at Wednesday’s auction, data from the state debt office showed.The 12-month yield fell six basis points to 6.86 percent while the three-month yield was down 38 basis points to 6.06 percent. The debt office offered 6 billion worth […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.5-pct: Institutional activity
Dec 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed down at 0.47 percent for the sixth straight day on Wednesday with losses in John Keells Holdings and some banking stocks, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed down 32.40 points at 6,862.79 down 0.47 percent. S&P SL20 closed 13.54 points lower at 3,637.80 […]
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister shows green light for port city after long haul back
Dec 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said the country plans to have a ‘unique financial and business district’ in Colombo when the sea reclamation project by a Chinese firm is resumed.“Hopefully if the Port City projects get underway, I think there will be some sort of landfill there that […]
Sri Lanka to consider IMF option next year: PM
Dec 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will consider a stand-by facility from the IMF next year, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament. “Next year will present a difficult economic environment. Sri Lanka could face an impact of the ISIS in the Middle East, in case the region is destabilized,” Wickremesinghe said “I think it […]
Sri Lanka’s Carsons to sell Malaysian, Indonesian plantations
Dec 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Carson Cumberbatch Group said four of it’s subsidiary would sell its Malaysian and Indonesian plantations subject to a feasibility study and approvals from regulators and shareholders. The four firms are Selinsing, Good Hope, Indo Malay and Shalimar, the Group said in separate stock exchange filling. “The firms also […]
PM awaits proposals from Central Bank and EPF on EPF, ETF merger
Dec 01, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe told Parliament Tuesday that they have decided to obtain proposals from Central Bank governor and superintendent of EPF with regard to the management of EPF. “During the discussions, unions said it is appropriate to maintain these two funds separately. They also said the EPF […]
PTL Watch: Dip in bond yields on thin volumes
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Single party owns 95 pct of govt securities available to foreign investors
Dec 01, 2015 (LBO) – A single foreign party owns 95 percent of Sri Lanka’s government securities available to foreign investors, raising questions about risk-management practices of the Central Bank.Funds of Franklin Templeton held around 290 billion rupees in government securities, out of 304 billion rupees of securities available to foreign investors, according to published […]
Sri Lanka’s CIC sells Chemifix trademark for Rs345mn
Nov 30, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s CIC Holdings, who have investments from agriculture to paints said it has sold its Chemifix trademark and other brands associated with its adhesives business along with technical and commercial knowhow to Pidilite Lanka (Pvt) Ltd for 345 million rupees. In a stock exchange filling the company said that they […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.75-pct: Near eight month low
Nov 30, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed down at 0.75 percent on Monday for a fourth consecutive day, recording the highest intra-day drop since September and closed at nearly eight month low, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed down 52.26 points at 6,909.15 down 0.75 percent. S&P SL20 closed […]
Colombo inflation accelerates to 3.1-pct in November
Nov 30, 2015 (LBO) – Consumer prices in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo rose 3.1 percent in November 2015 from a year earlier, up from 1.7 percent in October with the inflation index rising 1.4 percent in the month, the state statistics office said. Year on year inflation of Food Group has increased from 2.7 percent […]