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Sri Lankan shares down 0.27-pct
Aug 10, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan share prices fell Monday, dragged down by index heavy blue chips as investors stayed away, waiting for corporate earnings, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed down 0.27 percent (6.76 points) to end at 2,522.77 Monday, while the Milanka index of liquid stocks lost […]
Sri Lankan shares up 0.15-pct during week
Aug 07, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares closed marginally down Friday as investors waited for foreign investors to enter the market and showed no reaction to the capture of a wanted Tamil Tiger leader, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed flat to end at 2,529.53, while the Milanka index […]
Sri Lankan shares up 0.34-pct
Aug 06, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed up Thursday with investors apparently optimistic of foreign inflows, while selected counters saw some volatility on poor corporate earnings, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed up 0.34 percent (8.57 points) to end at 2,526.08 Thursday, while the Milanka index of liquid […]
Sri Lankan shares up 0.21-pct, blue chips gain
Aug 04, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks regained some lost ground Tuesday as investors took careful bets on selected blue chips such as John Keells Holdings (JKH) and Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka, but overall sentiment still remained weak, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed up 0.21 percent (5.36 […]
Sri Lankan stocks close down
Aug 03, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares closed down Monday as investors became defensive, hoping the market to pick-up in the medium term, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed down 0.54 percent (13.55 points) to end at 2,512.15 Monday, while the Milanka index of liquid stocks lost 0.61 percent […]
Sri Lankan stocks up 1.36-pct during week
July 31, 2009 (LBO) Sri Lankan shares closed up Friday on improved sentiment among small investors, while heavy trading on Janashakthi Insurance and Nations Trust Bank (NTB) boosted market volumes, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed up 0.55 percent (13.85 points) to end at 2,525.70, while the Milanka index of […]
Sri Lankan stocks close flat
July 30, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares closed flat Thursday, as retailers took profits on blue chip counters, while Dialog shares continued to be heavily traded, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed down 0.01 percent (0.22 points) to end at 2,509.79 Thursday, while the Milanka index of liquid stocks […]
Sri Lankan shares down 0.33-pct on profit taking
July 29, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks fell Wednesday as retail investors took profits, while there was heavy trading in Dialog Telekom for the fourth day running, brokers said.Brokers said 10.04 million Dialog Telekom shares changed hands Wednesday, while 1.64 million shares of Janashakthi Insurance and 1.12 million shares of Lanka Cement also changed […]
Sri Lankan stocks up
July 27, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares made further gains Monday as selected blue chips like Commercial Bank, Dialog Telekom and Distilleries pushed indices up, brokers said. People’s Leasing mopped up most of the floating Seylan Merchant Leasing shares on a mandatory offer. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed up 1.44 […]
Sri Lankan stocks up 4.0-pct during week
July 24, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares gained on Friday as foreign investors pushed up trading volumes especially on selected blue chips such as John Keells Holdings (JKH) and banking counters, brokers said.Dialog Telekom a unit of Telekom Malaysia closed flat at 5.25 rupees. “Further improvement in activity level was seen due to the […]
Sri Lanka shares slightly weaker, Lanka Cement up
July 23, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended slightly weaker Thursday with a cement firm in which foreign multinationals are interested being actively traded, along with a property company, brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The All Share Price Index fell 0.19 […]
Sri Lanka shares up, Lanka Cement draws interest
July 22, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan shares ended firmer Wednesday, still riding the momentum generated by the government clinching a 2.5 billion dollar International Monetary Fund loan, brokers said. To receive instant alerts from LBO on your Dialog mobile type ‘lbo’ and send to 678 The All Share Price Index rose 0.47 percent (11.71 […]