Category: Markets
PTL Watch: Little activity, selling in 6-yr and 13-yr bonds
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PTL Watch: Foreign outflow of USD1.15 bn from Sri Lanka govt bonds
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Sri Lanka stocks up 0.3-pct
Oct 02, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed up 0.35 percent on Friday with yesterdays momentum continues as gains seen in the index heavy stocks, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed up 25.06 points at 7,105.54 higher 0.35 percent. S&P SL20 closed 14.73 points higher at 3,851.06 up 0.38 percent. […]
Sri Lanka stocks up 0.4-pct, healthy foreign inflow
Oct 01, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed up 0.42 percent on Thursday with foreign investors activity rose to record the highest foreign participation after 17 months, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed up 29.61 points at 7,080.48 higher 0.42 percent. S&P SL20 closed 10.18 points higher at 3,836.33 up […]
PTL Report: 3-Year bond rises 30 basis points
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Sri Lanka’s Bank of Ceylon debenture oversubscribed
Oct 01, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state owned Bank of Ceylon said a listed debt offer for eight billion rupees had been oversubscribed Thursday and is closing on the same day.The bank offered 50 million debentures at 100 rupees each with an option to issue 30 million further.The basis of allotment is to be […]
Sri Lanka stocks down 0.5-pct: JKH losses
Sep 30, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed down 0.49 percent on Wednesday with losses in index heavy John Keells Holdings, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed down 34.51 points at 7,050.87 lower 0.49 percent. S&P SL20 closed 32.46 points lower at 3,826.15 down 0.84 percent. Turnover was 1.3 billion […]
‘s deflation increases to 0.3 pct in Sept from 0.2 pct in Aug
Sept 30, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s deflation was lower at 0.3 percent, year-on-year, in September, from 0.2 percent in August, the census and statistics department said. On a 12 month moving average basis, inflation fell to 0.7 percent in September from 1.0 percent in the previous month.There were slight price declines from August to […]
Sri Lanka stocks up 0.10-pct: Net foreign inflow
Sep 29, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed up 0.10 percent on Tuesday after three consecutive days of losses with gains seen some index heavy, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed up 6.74 points at7,085.38 higher 0.10 percent. S&P SL20 closed 18.62 points lower at 3,850.93 down 0.48 percent. Turnover […]
Free flow of information vital for financial markets: CB Governor
Sept 28, 2015 (LBO) – A free flow of information is vital for financial markets to grow, Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran told media on Monday. He was responding to a question posed by Lanka Business Online about concerns of market participants that they should censor information when dealing with the media. Some […]
Colombo Stock Exchange to transform into a sustainable stock exchange
Sep 28, 2015 (LBO) – The Colombo Stock Exchange is to be transformed into a sustainable stock exchange while enhancing corporate transparency on Environmental, Social, and corporate Governance (ESG) issues.CSE recently joined the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative, launched by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in 2009.It aims to explore how exchanges can work […]
Sri Lanka stocks edge lower, turnover at five week high
Sep 28, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed down 0.45 percent on Monday with losses in some index heavy and banking stocks and low retail investor activity, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed down 32.16 points at7,078.64 lower 0.45 percent. S&P SL20 closed 22.79 points lower at 3,864.35 down 0.59 […]