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Nov 12, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s real estate market’s full potential needs to be tapped through big investments funds which can pave the way for the island to join its regional counterparts, a property developer said. “The big real estate investment funds and investors have not come to Sri Lanka yet and some of […]
Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields down
Nov 11, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s 12-month Treasury bill yields were down by 6 basis points from 7 percent to 6.94 percent while the six months bill were rejected, data from the state debt office showed.The Central Bank offered 20 billion worth of Treasury bills today and the auction was oversubscribed by 4.4 times with […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.4-pct: Banking losses
Nov 11, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed down at 0.44 percent on Wednesday with low investor activity ahead of next week’s budget with losses in some index heavy and banking sector stocks , brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed down 30.98 points at 7,019.23 lower 0.44 percent. S&P SL20 […]
PTL Watch: Bond spreads widen on thin volumes
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Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata net down 60 pct to Rs679mn
Nov 11, 2015 (LBO) – Profits at Sri Lanka’s Dialog Axiata, which has interests in mobile, fixed and pay television, declined 60 percent from a year earlier to 679 million rupees in the September 2015 quarter, interim accounts showed.Dialog said revenues grew 10.5 percent to 18.8 billion rupees in the September quarter from a year […]
10,288 motor car registrations in Oct in Sri Lanka: JB Securities
Nov 11, 2015 (LBO) – October continued to recorded strong numbers for vehicle registrations in Sri Lanka although down from the record set in September, JB Securities said in a research note. LTV cap of 70 percent was in force during October so it may have had some impact on the slowdown, the note said. […]
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Nov 11, 2015 (LBO) – Alibaba, the world’s largest online shopping website has made a record 3.9 billion dollars in sales in the first hour of Singles’ Day in China, foreign media reports said. Alibaba reported that shoppers spent about one billion US dollars in the first eight minutes and had clocked five billion after […]
Suu Kyi set to win majority in Myanmar election
Nov 11, 2015 (LBO) – Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition is set to win a majority in Myanmar’s first free election in decades, although it is unclear if the party will secure the required two-thirds to appoint the next president by itself, media reports said.Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) is expected to secure […]
Interview: State enterprise strategic plan in progress, management skill the biggest issue, says Eran
Nov 11, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is in the process of making plans to restructure the state owned enterprises and boosting management skill levels, Deputy Minister of State Owned Enterprises Eran Wickramaratne told LBO in an exclusive interview. “We have lots of plans and we are right at the beginning. We are in the […]
‘s Candor 5-year unit trust public offer oversubscribed
Nov 10, 2015 (LBO) – Candor Opportunities Fund, managed by Candor Asset Management, issue offer of 50 million units was oversubscribed with the issue reaching applications for over 500 million, the fund said.“Therefore we will exercise the subscription offer,” the company said in a stock exchange filling. The issue offered 50 million units at 10 […]