Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka 12-month Treasuries up, other bids rejected
Oct 15, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s 12-month Treasuries yield increased 11 basis points to 6.00 percent at Wednesday’s auction while the state debt office rejected bids for other maturities. The debt office which is a part of the island’s central bank has accepted 14.74 billion in 12-month treasury bills after offering 8.00 billion in […]
Sri Lanka shares close up 1.16-pct
Oct 15, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s shares gained on Wednesday with the positive price movements in banking and diversified stocks amid net foreign buying, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 83.36 points higher at 7,288.83, up 1.16 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 53.09 points higher at 4,064.84, up 1.32 percent. […]
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Oct 13, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka needs a credit rating system especially for the small and medium businesses to have easy access to finance, said Saman Kelegama, director of the Institute of Policy Studies, a think tank. Access to finance remains a key constraint for SME’s growth, with a one trillion dollar credit gap […]
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Oct 13, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s small and medium enterprises are encouraged to partner with big companies, so they could take advantage of consumer market and finance. The forum has organized by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce who will bring together all stakeholders in the SME sector including policy makers, banks, service providers, technocrats […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 1.9-pct
Oct 13, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 1.87 percent lower amid banking stocks losing ground with the central bank’s guidelines on tax incentives to promote financial sector consolidation, brokers said. Commercial Bank of Ceylon closed 9.90 rupees lower at 157.30 rupees and DFCC Bank closed 14.40 rupees lower at 215.40 rupees, contributing most […]
’s pensioners to get a digital ID
Oct 11, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Department of Pensions launches a digital identity card for pensioners in partnership with Sampath Bank, a private lender in the island, the bank said in a media release. The official launch of the card held 9th September 2014 at Pensioners ’Resort in Kelaniya with the participation of over […]
Sri Lanka gets US$1.3bn in FDI by October: Ministry of Investment Promotion
Oct 11, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is estimated to have received about 1.3 billion US dollars of foreign direct investment by October 2014, investment promotions minister Lakshman Abeywardene said. There will be 23,600 new jobs created if these FDI’s successful. BOI enterprises have exported 4.84 billion US dollars’ up to October worth of goods […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.9-pct
Oct 10, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 0.88 percent lower with tobacco and banking stocks losing ground amid strong foreign selling, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 65.08 points lower at 7,321.00, down 0.88 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 41.33 points lower at 4,110.02, down 1.00 percent. Turnover was […]
’s Central Bank asks banks to reduce pawning advances interest rate
Oct 10, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has requested all banks who are participating in the Credit Guarantee Scheme supported by the Government to reduce the applicable interest rate for such pawning advances to 12 per cent from the current rate of 15 per cent, with immediate effect. At present, 12 banks have […]
‘s 2015 budget is not targeted at elections: Treasury Secretary
Oct 09, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s budget for the year 2015 is more towards development rather than catering to mere election purposes, Treasury Secretary P B Jayasundera said. The 2015 budget will be presented to the parliament on 24, October 2014. “Although there was a reference made in the last weekend media that the […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.13-pct
Oct 09, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed lower with tobacco and diversified stocks losing ground amid thin foreign participation, brokers said. Ceylon Tobacco Company closed 9.90 rupees lower at 1,150.10 rupees and John Keells Holdings closed 1.10 rupees lower at 252.00 rupees, contributing most to the index drop. JKH’s W0022 warrants closed 60 […]
Sri Lanka external trade expands in August
Oct 09, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s exports rose 7.9 percent, to 991.3 million US dollars in August 2014 from a year earlier with 85.6 percent contribution of apparel exports, official data showed. Apparel exports grew 17.0 percent to 428.6 million US dollars in August 2014, the Central Bank said. Exports of machinery and mechanical […]