Tag: Colombo Stock Exchange

July 15, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks continued the upward momentum for the second straight day with gains by index heavy John Keels Holdings and speculative buying pushing up recently listed financial stocks, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index closed at 6,777. 03, up 0.91 percent (61.36 points) while the more liquid […]

July 12, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks slumped again Tuesday, dropping 1.54 percent amid continued forced selling with Softlogic Holdings falling below its Initial Public Offer (IPO) price on its trading debut. The main All Share Price Index closed at 6,663.64, down 1.54percent (103.95 points) while the more liquid Milanka index fell 1.76 percent […]

July 11, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks fell steeply Monday with sharp falls in market heavyweights and recent debutants, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index closed at 6,767.59, down 2.09 percent (144.39 points) while the more liquid Milanka index fell 1.76 percent (112.52 points) to close at 6,274.45, according to stock exchange […]

July 08, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed closed weaker Friday, ending three days of gains with Vallibel One, which began trading, was the most actively traded stock, brokers said. Orient Garments was also heavily traded, closing at 29.80 rupees, up 3.20 with 7.58 million shares done. The main All Share Price Index closed […]

July 07, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed firmer Thursday with sharp gains in Lanka Orix Finance Company, which began trading, helping propel the benchmark index up by over a hundreds points in early trade, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index closed at 6,918.41, up 0.50 percent (34.35 points) while the more […]

July 06, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed higher for the second day running although turnover remained lower than usual with no big deals done, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index closed at 6,884.06, up 0.31 percent (21.27 points) while the more liquid Milanka index rose 0.28 percent (18.23 points) to close […]

July 05, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks recovered Tuesday with gains in index-heavy shares like John Keells Holdings in which there were six crossings or off-market private deals and foreigners being net buyers, brokers said. The All Share Price Index went up by 46.05 points (0.67 percent) to close at 6,862.79 while more sensitive […]

July 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares closed 0.41 percent weaker Monday with a low turnover and reduced retail participation, brokers said. Associated Motor Finance Company closed at 300 rupees, up 50 percent or 100 rupees. Singalanka Standard Chemicals closed at 2,090. 90, up 287.20 or 15.92 percent. Keels Food Products closed at 125.20 […]

July 01, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed higher Friday in somewhat dull trade with transactions in Browns, Distilleries and Swarnamahal Financial Services (SFS) bolstering turnover, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index closed at 6,844.71, up 0.27 percent (18.77 points) while the more liquid Milanka index rose 0.69 percent (43.41 points) to […]

June 30, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed weaker Thursday with heavy trading in Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings and Distilleries Company bolstering turnover, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index closed at 6,825.94, down 0.76 percent (52.21 points) while the more liquid Milanka index fell 1.32 percent (84.29 points) to close at 6,301.02, […]

June 29, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks ended higher Wednesday with Orient Garments, the first apparel exporter to list, which opened trading, the most actively traded share and the day’s fourth highest gainer, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index closed at 6,878.15, up 0.22 percent (15.32 points) while the more liquid Milanka […]

June 28, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed 0. 46 percent lower Tuesday amid profit-taking by Environmental Resources Investment (ERI) investors and month-end clearing of debtor’s positions, brokers said. Notable crossings (off-market negotiated deals) were 454,100 shares of Distilleries at 180 rupees each, 199,300 shares of Central Finance at 1400 rupees and 200,000 Aitken […]