Tag: Colombo Stock Exchange

Aug 26, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks continued to rise above the 7,000 mark with price gains witnessed in Richard Pieris and telco stocks amid strong foreign buying, brokers said. Richard Pieris closed 1.30 rupees higher at 9.10 rupees, contributing most to the index gain. Sri Lanka Telecom closed 60 cents higher at 54.60 […]

Aug 25, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 0.34 percent lower with index heavy John Keells Holdings losing ground, brokers said. HVA Foods closed 1.50 rupees higher at 12.10 rupees, attracting most number of trades during the day. Foreign investors bought 567.51 million rupees worth shares while selling 122.41 million rupees worth shares. Index […]

Aug 22, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed in a positive territory Friday with index heavy stocks gaining amid strong foreign selling, brokers said. The aggregate value of all off-the-floor deals represented 50 percent of the turnover. Taprobane Holdings closed 70 cents higher at 5.20 rupees and Lanka Century Investments closed 90 cents higher […]

Aug 21, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks crossed the key psychological barrier of 7,000 points Thursday, reaching a three year high, brokers said. JKH’s W0022 warrants closed 40 cents higher at 70.40 rupees and its W0023 warrants closed flat at 80.00 rupees. Taprobane Holdings closed 1.80 rupees higher at 4.50 rupees and CT Holdings […]

Aug 20, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s shares closed near the key psychological barrier of 7,000 points on Wednesday recording the highest close since August 2011, brokers said. Dialog Axiata closed 30 cents higher at 11.40 rupees, contributing most to the index gain. Commercial Leasing and Finance closed 20 cents higher at 4.50 rupees and […]

Aug 19, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s shares closed in the green Tuesday, recording the highest turnover since March 2012 with the off-market transactions of John Keells Holdings despite strong foreign selling, brokers said. Index heavy John Keells Holdings contributed most to the index gain. Dialog Axiata closed 10 cents higher at 11.10 rupees and […]

Aug 18, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s shares closed 0.44 percent higher, reversing the losses incurred last Friday with telco and tobacco stocks gaining, brokers said. The aggregate value of all off-the-floor deals represented 41 percent of the turnover. MTD Walkers closed 5.30 rupees higher at 41.70 rupees, attracting most number of trades during the […]

Aug 15, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 0.42 percent lower on Friday with tobacco stocks losing ground amid strong foreign selling, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 29.24 points lower at 6,943.85, down 0.42percent. The S&P SL20 closed 7.79 points lower at 3,820.98, down 0.20 percent. Turnover was 2.93 […]

Aug 14, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 0.27 percent higher on Thursday with tobacco stocks gaining amid strong foreign buying, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 18.95 points higher at 6,973.09, up 0.27percent. The S&P SL20 closed 8.51 points higher at 3,828.77, up 0.22 percent. Turnover was 2.01 billion […]

Aug 13, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed in the green on Wednesday with beverage stocks gaining while tobacco stocks losing ground, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 6.24 points higher at 6,954.14, up 0.09percent. The S&P SL20 closed 2.74 points higher at 3,820.26, up 0.07 percent. Turnover was 1.82 […]

Aug 12, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s shares closed in a positive territory on Tuesday with index heavy tobacco stocks gaining amid net foreign buying, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 4.98 points higher at 6,947.90, up 0.07percent. The S&P SL20 closed 1.02 points lower at 3,817.52, down 0.03 percent. Turnover […]

Aug 11, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 0.36 percent higher with the turnover crossing one billion rupee mark amid net foreign buying, brokers said. Foreign investors bought 182.33 million rupees worth shares while selling 91.36 million rupees worth shares. CT Holdings closed 11.40 rupees higher at 159.90 rupees and Dialog Axiata closed 20 […]