Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka Tobacco monopoly volumes, revenues drop
Nov 10, 2013 (LBO) – Revenues at Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Tobacco Company dropped in the September 2013 quarter from a year earlier amid multiple tax hikes showing that demand for the addictive product is not as inelastic as earlier envisaged.But the state this time as not been able to gain as much taxes as hoped […]
Sri Lanka Commonwealth Business Forum gets over 1000 participants
Nov 09, 2013 (LBO) – A Commonwealth Business Forum to be held from November 12 to 14 has attracted over 1,100 participants including 500 foreign delegates which will provide exposure to many local businesses, a top trade chamber said. Any Delegate who has not received this access code and password may contact the Ceylon Chamber […]
Sri Lanka firms have to compete at home to win foreign customers: Chamber Chief
Nov 08, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lankan firms have to first compete in the home market and win customers to be able to export to foreign buyers, the head of a powerful business chamber in the country said. Suresh Shah, head of Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said to win large foreign markets innovation, […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.3-pct
Nov 08, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks fell for the fifth straight day with banking and diversified stocks losing ground amid foreign selling, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 20.21 points lower at 5,850.26, down 0.34 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 11.21 points lower at 3,232.50, down 0.35 percent. Turnover […]
Sri Lanka can boost investment profile at CHOGM: Standard Chartered
Nov 07, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka can boost its investment profile at a Commonwealth Head of Government meet this month, Standard Chartered Bank, one of the principal sponsors of a business forum associated with the event said.“Sri Lanka needs to showcase itself to the external world,” Anirvan Ghosh Dastidar, chief executive of the Standard […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.6-pct
Nov 07, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks fell for the fourth straight day with diversified stocks losing ground, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 35.71 points lower at 5,870.47, down 0.60 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 11.18 points lower at 3,243.71, down 0.34 percent. Turnover was 688.03 million rupees, up […]
Sri Lanka stocks close lower
Nov 06, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks fell for the third straight day banking stocks losing ground, despite strong foreign purchases, brokers said. Bukit Darah closed 5.40 rupees higher at 685.60 rupees and Dialog closed 10 cents higher at 9.10 rupees. Cargills Ceylon closed 2.60 rupees lower at 145.40 rupees and Nestle Lanka closed […]
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields ease
Nov 06, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields eased at Wednesday’s auction extending falls seen since a rate cut on October 15, with the 6-month yield down 6 basis points to 8.94 percent, data from the state debt office showed. The 12-month yield fell 01 basis point to 9.82 percent, despite 14.6 billion rupees […]
‘s LB Finance to sell Rs2.0bn in debt
Nov 05, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s LB Finance Plc, is planning to sell 2.0 billion rupees of listed debt, the Colombo Stock Exchange said.The CSE said it had approved an application by LF Finance to offer 10 million debentures of 100 rupees each and a further 10 million if the first tranche is oversubscribed. […]
Sri Lanka stocks closed down 0.4-pct
Nov 04, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed 0.45 percent lower dragged down by falling leasing and property stocks amid a broad sell-off, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 26.95 points lower at 5,927.41, down 0.45 percent, after reaching an intra-day high of 5,954.70. The S&P SL20 closed 6.02 points […]
Vietnam seeks more business with Sri Lanka
Nov 02, 2013 (LBO) – A delegation of 15 Vietnamese companies is visiting Sri Lanka this month seeking local partners and agents, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said. There will be business to business meeting on November 18 at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce office. The firms represent makers of machinery such as rice reapers, […]
Sri Lanka stocks close flat
Nov 01, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed flat with a trade in a tile firm pushing turnover above a billion rupees, brokers said. PCH Holdings closed flat at 1.60 rupees and PC House ended up 10 cents to 90 cents. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed just 0.26 points lower at […]