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Sept 08, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed flat Monday with power and energy sector dominating trade, provisional data from the Colombo Stock Exchange showed. Heavyweight Dialog Telekom closed flat at 11.00 while state operator Sri Lanka Telecom closed flat at 45.00. The John Keells Holdings share lost 2.25 to close lower at 95.00. […]

Sept 05, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan share indices closed barely changed with heavy trading seen in LIOC, the local unit of Indian Oil Corp., as its earnings outlook improves on falling oil prices, brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The All Share […]

Sept 04, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares indices ended slightly firmer largely owing to gains in Dialog Telekom but turnover was low although there was heavy trading in Dankotuwa Porcelain, brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The All Share Price Index went […]

Sept 03, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares fell again Wednesday with the local unit of Indian Oil Corp (IOC) gaining as its earnings outlook improves on falling oil prices, brokers said. The indices were dragged down mainly by the fall in Dialog Telekom, which ended down 25 cents at 10.75 rupees with 314,100 shares […]

Sept 01, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended hardly changed Monday with retail investors who had been playing with property stocks turning their attention to Bogala Graphite, diving its price up sharply, brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The All Share Price […]

Aug 29, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended weaker Friday with the indices pulled down by losses in heavyweight telecom counters and profit taking seen in property stocks that rose on speculation, brokers said. Several stocks in the land and property sector had been heavily traded in recent days with their prices swinging sharply. […]

Aug 28, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed higher with the illiquid Equity One driven up by over 50 percent on speculative trading by retail investors, brokers said. Lanka IOC has doubled profits in the June 2008 quarter to just over a billion rupees. Dedigama said falling interest rates may have made stocks comparatively […]

Aug 27, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks ended a shade firmer and turnover increased to almost half-a-billion rupees with strategic buying seen in Associated Motorways (AMW) and heavy trading in John Keells Holdings (JKH), brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The All […]

Aug 26, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed marginally lower while turnover reached half a billion rupees following deals in Associated Motorways (AMW) Tuesday, stockbrokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘act (space) lbo’ and send to 678 The All Share Price Index fell 0.23 percent (5.63 points) […]

Aug 25, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks weakened further Monday with brokers saying the only hope for an immediate recovery being a cut in fuel prices now that global crude oil prices were on the decline. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘act (space) lbo’ and send to 678 […]

Aug 22, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks weakened further Friday with anticipation mounting over a court verdict on the privatization of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation (SLIC), part of the Distilleries group. The All Share Price Index fell 0.43 percent (10.34 points) to 2,414.37 while the Milanka dropped 0.59 percent (16.78 points) to 2,811.96. Turnover […]

Aug 21, 2008 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed marginally weaker Thursday, the indices dragged down by falls in blue chips, with Chemical Industries (Colombo) again being heavily traded, brokers said.The All Share Price Index was virtually unchanged, just half a point down at 2,424.71 while the more liquid Milanka dropped 0.17 percent (4.82 points) […]