Sri Lanka shares driven up on SLT trades ahead of court ruling
Mar 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks extended gains on Monday to close higher Tuesday, pushed up by speculative trading in index-heavy Sri Lanka …
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Sri Lanka shares edge higher, LMF draws interest
Mar 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed slightly higher Monday with a crossing of Sampath Bank shares and heavy in Lan trading in Lanka Milk Foods …
Sri Lanka stocks close lower; Sampath Bank trades boost turnover
Feb 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s shares closed lower on Friday with index heavy Dialog Telekom and John Keells Holdings losing ground, dealers …
Sri Lanka share trading zooms over Rs 1 bln on telecom, banking deals
Feb 27, 2008 (LBO) – Trading in Sri Lanka’s share market went over a billion rupees Wednesday following deals in telecom and bank shares which …
Sri Lanka investors drive up Lankem in plantations chase
Feb 26, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed higher Tuesday with investors driving up the price of Lankem Ceylon, a group with interests in plantations …
Sri Lanka investors chase plantations stocks
Feb 25, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed slightly higher Monday with trading dominated by shares of plantations companies which are enjoying higher …
Sri Lankan retail investors play on mid-sized stocks
Feb 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed lower amid profit taking but retailers were selectively betting on mid sized stocks, brokers said. The All …
Sri Lankan plantations stocks sought after on earnings outlook
Feb 18, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended higher Monday driven by keen interest in plantations stocks by domestic retail investors anticipating higher …
Sri Lanka shares fall, high interest rates herald uncertainty
Feb 15, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended lower Friday with transactions in Royal Ceramics and HNB non-voting shares the main feature of the day but …
Sri Lanka tile shares rise on earnings outlook
Feb 14, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares closed virtually flat Thursday with investors chasing stocks of ceramic tile firms expected to report higher …
Sri Lanka shares end higher on bank, ceramic interest
Feb 13, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended higher Wednesday on the back of Tuesday’s gains with turnover boosted by large transactions in Lanka …
Sri Lanka shares end higher as funds return
Feb 12, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended higher Tuesday with brokers saying there was interest across a range of sectors with institutional buying …
Sri Lankan shares end up, more interest in Dockyard
Feb 07, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks edged up on thin trading Thursday with a big parcel of Distilleries propping up turnover but investors remained …
Sri Lanka stocks close higher on selective foreign buying
Feb 06, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka shares closed marginally higher with turnover being driven to 224 million rupees through transactions on selective stocks …
Sri Lanka share prices slump as punters turn choosy
Feb 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks ended lower Tuesday with investors picking shares of companies expected to report higher profits or known to pay …
Sri Lankan investors on look out for earnings surprises
Feb 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s share market closed marginally higher Friday with investors selectively buying stocks expected to report higher …
Sri Lanka Keells Food share price perks up on higher profits
Jan 31, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks ended higher Thursday with two foreign crossings of Dialog Telekom propping up turnover. . The All Share Index …
Sri Lanka stock buyers push up Royal Ceramics
Jan 28, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed higher Monday with investors pushing up the tile maker Royal Ceramics after it announced higher profits for …
Sri Lankan share prices slump, trading dries up
Jan 25, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks weakened further Friday with trading drying up to just a trickle as investors stayed away from the market owing to …
Sri Lanka stocks lose momentum
Jan 24, 2008 (LBO) — Sri Lanka stocks closed lower Thursday losing some of the gains made a day earlier after a hideout of Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai …