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Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.9-pct, rupee stronger
Jan 29, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed down 0.9 percent Tuesday with retailers and foreign investors taking profits, while the rupee gained with foreign inflows, brokers and dealers said. Over the past few months, companies such as Nestle have seen steep gains, with foreign investor interest also seen, but once prices have risen […]
Sri Lanka stocks close up 0.2-pct, rupee weaker
Jan 23, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed up 0.2 percent Wednesday with banking sector stocks seeing interest, while the rupee weakened in forex markets, brokers and dealers said. The Colombo All Share Index rose 0.22 percent to close at 5,883.66 points up 12.73 points and the S&P SL 20 Index rose 7.23 point […]
Sri Lanka stocks close up 01-pct
Jan 16, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed one percent Monday helped by gains in some large cap stocks amid falling gilt yields ahead of a Central Bank rate decision, brokers said. The Colombo All Share Price Index rose 62.3 points to 5,812.47. The S&P SL 20 Index rose 28.86 points to 3,163.18 points […]
Sri Lanka stocks flat, rupee weaker
Jan 15, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed flat Tuesday and the rupee weakened on importer demand in late trading, brokers and dealers said. The Colombo All Share Index closed at 5,750.24 points 0.07 percent higher and the S&P SL20 Index closed at 3,134.32 up barely 0.01 percent. Turnover was 727 million rupees. Ceylon […]
Sri Lanka stocks, bond yields up
Jan 11, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 0.2 percent higher while bond yields edged higher, brokers and dealers said. The spot US dollar was around 126.25/45 rupees to the US dollar slightly weaker than a day earlier. Stocks closed up 0.25 percent Friday with the All Share Index closed up 14.28 points at […]
Sri Lanka gilt yields plunge for second straight day, stocks up
Jan 03, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government bond yields plunged over 100 basis points over two days with active trading in four and five year maturities, and stocks closed up, dealers and brokers said. A 5-year bond maturing on 15 August 18 opened at 11.20/25 percent levels, moved to 11.35/45 then buying dropped 10.60/65 […]
Sri Lanka rupee stronger, stocks close down
Dec 21, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed down 0.2 percent Friday with foreign interest in key large cap stocks and the rupee extended gains for the second day, dealers and brokers said. In December the Central Bank has settled some of its bill holdings despite injecting liquidity. Analysts have said Sri Lanka has […]
Sri Lanka rupee strengthens, stocks close higher
Dec 20, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 0.2 percent higher Thursday amid foreign investor interest and the rupee strengthened sharply against US dollar, brokers and dealers said. Sri Lanka’s central bank usually weakens the rupee by purchasing dollar inflows to the state. Analysts have said that with policy rates over 9.0 percent, Sri […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.2-pct
Dec 14, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed down 0.2 percent Friday taking a breather after two days of strong gains following a rate cut earlier in the week, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Index closed at 5,522.7 points down 24.6 points and the S&P SL20 Index closed up 1.5 points at […]
Sri Lanka stocks close up 1.8-pct
Dec 12, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed up 1.8 percent Wednesday after the Central Bank cut rates by 25 basis points, driven mostly by domestic buying, brokers said. Asian Alliance Insurance said it had been investing 177 million rupees in commercial paper of Softlogic Capital Ltd, a related party and earned interest of […]
Sri Lanka stock close up 0.2-pct
Dec 11, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed up 0.2 percent Tuesday, helped by gains in Nestle and CTC while forex markets saw import demand later in the day, brokers and dealers said. NDB Capital Holdings closed at 460.00 down 39.80 rupees, Hunters fell 44.90 to close at 294.50, Kelani Valley Plantations fell 7.80 […]
Sri Lanka stock close up 0.6 pct
Dec 06, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed 1.2 percent higher Thursday with foreign investors dominating trading, while the rupee closed higher after weakening in intra-day trade, brokers and dealers said. NDB Bank which exited a stake in Aviva insurance at a profit was actively traded with one million shares changing hands. The stock […]