Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka Pelwatte Sugar parent trims stake
Mar 24, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Master Divers (Pvt) Ltd, the parent of Pelwatte Sugar Industries said it had sold down 2.66 million shares at prices ranging from 37.10 to 40.10 rupees. By December 2010, Master Divers had 81.74 percent of Pelwatte Sugar and Master Divers chairman Ariyaseela Wickramanyake had a 3.24 percent stake. […]
” for Colombo
Mar 24, 2011 (LBO) – Four areas of Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo run by local government bodies will be brought under a new state entity whose head will be appointed by the island’s president, the government’s information office said. Areas coming under Colombo Municipal Council, Dehiwela-Mt Lavinia Municipal Council, Sri-Jayawardenapura- Kotte Municipal Council, Kolonnawa Urban […]
Sri Lanka FDI to pick up with hotels and port: Treasury secretary
Mar 24, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s foreign direct investments will pick up with planned projects in ports and hotels valued at 500 million dollars each, finance ministry secretary P B Jayasundera said. He said a concession agreement has been signed in the Colombo port for a new terminal that will need 500 million US […]
Sri Lanka shares close up 0.13-pct
Mar 24, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares closed higher Thursday with the sale of a controlling stake in a sugar plantations firm boosting turnover and dominating the day’s trade, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 7,216. 75, up 0.13 percent (9.65 points) while the more liquid Milanka index rose 0. 26 […]
Sri Lank Treasuries yields steady
Mar 23, 2011 (LBO) – Yields on Sri Lanka’s Treasury bills were largely steady at the weekly auction with the government rolling over nine billion rupees in maturing bills, a statement said. The government’s debt office, a unit of the Central Bank, said the three-month yields edged up one basis point to 6.98 percent, six-month […]
Sri Lanka shares close down 0.18-pct
Mar 23, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended mixed in choppy trade, with the indices going in different directions and Guardian Capital Partners dropping 83.15 percent, brokers said. Tea Smallholder Factories was the day’s top gainer, closing at 224. 50 rupees, up 54.50 rupees or 32 percent although only 200 shares were traded. Foreign […]
Sri Lanka stocks recover
Mar 22, 2011(LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed 0. 89 percent higher Tuesday following Monday’s losses with gains in selective stocks, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 7,220. 26, up 0.89 percent (63.93 points) while the Milanka Price Index of more liquid stocks closed at 6,696. 79, up 0.93 percent (62.01 points), […]
Sri Lanka coal plant to cut oil imports
Mar 21, 2011 (LBO) – The commissioning of a coal power plant this week can reduce oil imports to Sri Lanka while also helping strengthen the finances of Ceylon Electricity Board, the state power utility. “That will reduce total oil bill,” Cabraal said. Oil is an important intermediate good for economic activity, fueling both transport […]
Quake, tsunami could cost Japan $235 billion: World Bank
SINGAPORE, March 21, 2011 (AFP) – The massive quake and tsunami of March 11 could cost Japan’s economy up to $235 billion, or 4.0 percent of output, but reconstruction will spur recovery later this year, the World Bank said Monday. “If history is any guide, real GDP growth will be negatively affected through mid-2011,” the […]
Sri Lanka shares close down 0.40-pct
Mar 21, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares sank again Monday, extending Friday’s losses in choppy trade, with a large private deal in Central Finance, which was among top gainers, boosting turnover, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 7,156. 33, down 0.40 percent (28.61 points) while the more liquid Milanka index fell […]
” energy subsidies end up in national debt
Mar 20, 2011 (LBO) – Several years of accumulated ‘off-budget’ energy subsidies have now come home to roost in the Sri Lanka’s national debt, laying bare a tangled web of state energy price manipulation and budgeting. Sri Lanka’s Treasury, the agency that collects taxes from the people and also issues debt against future taxes collectable […]
Sri Lanka stocks close 1.1-pct lower
Mar 18, 2011(LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed 1.1 percent lower Friday ending a two day rally as buyers in credit funded positions sold out, feeding a market consolidation downwards, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 7,184.77, down 1.17 percent (84.82 points) while the Milanka Price Index of more liquid stocks closed […]