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Apr 01, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks close up crossing the 6,000 mark Tuesday with diversified and tobacco stocks gaining amid net foreign buying on the board, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 33.52 points higher at 6,001.83 up 0.56 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 19.98 points higher at 3,299.90, […]

Mar 31, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks close flat Monday with thin foreign activity on the bourse, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 3.86 points lower at 5,968.31 down 0.06 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 1.25 points higher at 3,279.92, up 0.04 percent. Turnover was 464.39 million rupees, down from […]

Mar 28, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks close 0.34 percent lower Friday with tobacco and insurance stocks losing ground amid strong foreign selling, brokers said. Piramal Glass Ceylon closed 10 cents lower at 3.40 rupees and George Steuart Finance closed 16.30 rupees lower at 49.80 rupees, attracting most number of trades during the day. […]

Mar 27, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks close 0.70 percent higher Thursday with diversified John Keells Holdings and Sri Lanka Telecom gaining, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 41.65 points higher at 5,992.62 up 0.70 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 13.10 points higher at 3,274.15, up 0.40 percent. Turnover was […]

Mar 26, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks close flat Wednesday with some index heavy stocks losing ground, brokers said. Ceylon Tobacco Company closed 14.90 rupees lower at 1,083.00 rupees and Carson Cumberbatch closed 9.60 rupees lower at 360.00 rupees. Bukit Darah closed 24.80 rupees higher at 587.00 rupees and Nestle Lanka closed 19.20 rupees […]

Mar 25, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks close 0.52 percent higher with tobacco stocks reversing the losses despite a net foreign outflow, brokers said. NDB Capital Holdings closed 20.00 rupees higher at 530.00 rupees and Ceylinco Insurance closed 129.10 rupees lower at 1,370.70 rupees. Trans Asia Hotels closed 2.90 rupees higher at 80.70 rupees […]

Mar 24, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks close 0.26 percent lower with tobacco stocks losing ground amid thin foreign involvement, brokers said. Central Finance Company closed 8.80 rupees lower at 180.20 rupees and Ceylinco Insurance closed 109.80 rupees higher at 1,499.80 rupees. DFCC Bank closed 3.70 rupees higher at 144.90 rupees and NDB closed […]

Mar 21, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks close 0.39 percent higher partly reversing previous losses with diversified and beverage stocks gaining amid thin foreign participation, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 23.31 points higher at 5,937.87 up 0.39 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 14.11 points higher at 3,246.02, up 0.44 […]

Mar 20, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s shares close slightly higher amid thin price increases in the index heavy stocks, brokers said. Ceylon Cold Stores closed 5.70 rupees lower at 141.00 rupees and Nestle Lanka closed 2.90 rupees higher at 1,953.10 rupees. Ceylon Tobacco Company closed 10 cents lower at 1,099.90 rupees and John Keells […]

Mar 19, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s shares end 0.07 percent higher with banking and beverages stocks gaining amid strong foreign selling, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 4.41 points higher at 5,912.05 up 0.07 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 10.58 points higher at 3,225.22, up 0.33 percent. Turnover was 640.97 […]

Mar 18, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s shares end 0.11 percent lower with food and beverages firm Nestle losing ground amid net foreign selling on the board, brokers said. Carson Cumberbatch closed 5.00 rupees lower at 345.00 rupees and Bukit Darah closed 3.90 rupees higher at 555.00 rupees. Ceylon Tobacco Company closed flat at 1,120.00 […]

Mar 17, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks end 0.3 percent higher partly reversing the last week’s losses with turnover dropping to a near five-year low, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 17.88 points higher at 5,914.11 up 0.30 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 6.31 points higher at 3,213.42, up 0.20 […]