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Sept 26, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks were barely changed Monday and turnover was also lower than usual with heavy trade in shares that had drawn the interest of speculators, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index rose 0.02 percent (1.42 points) to 6,736.02, while the more liquid Milanka index rose 0. 03 […]

Sept 23, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks slumped again Friday closing lower for the fourth straight day with turnover also falling amid continued trade in stocks that have drawn speculators, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index fell 0. 41 percent (27.78 points) to 6,734.60, while the more liquid Milanka index fell 1.37 […]

Sept 22, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed 0.4 percent lower, while the rupee ended at 110.30/35 to the US dollar after an intervention rate was dropped 10 cents, brokers and dealers said. Dialog Axiata closed flat at 8.50 and Sri Lanka Telecom closed at 48.00 In forex markets the rupee closed at 110.29/30 […]

Sept 21, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks slumped again Wednesday with the benchmark index slipping below the 6,800 point mark amid heavy trade in a newly listed firm and several off-market private deals, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index fell 0. 53 percent (36.26 points) to 6,792.31, while the more liquid Milanka […]

Sept 20, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed down Tuesday with a sharp increase in the price of an insurer control of which changed hands recently and continued trading in shares that had drawn speculators, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index fell 0.72 percent (49.23 points) to 6,821.69, while the more liquid […]

Sep 19, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) cancelled all orders and trades Monday after a technical problem halted trading soon after the opening. Turnover had been 1.8 billion rupees on Friday. “The Automated Trading System (ATS) experienced a hardware failure in the database servers shortly after the Open Auction today,” a […]

Sep 16, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks recovered Friday ending a week-long fall with continued trading in shares that had drawn the interest of speculators, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index rose 0.29 percent (19.99 points) to 6,870.92, while the more liquid Milanka index rose 0.50 percent (30.75 points) to close at […]

Sep 15, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks slumped again Thursday with turnover falling further amid continued trading in shares that had drawn speculative, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index fell 0.65 percent (44.68 points) to 6,850.93, while the more liquid Milanka index fell 0. 79 percent (49.16 points) to close at 6,178.49, […]

Sept 14, 2011 (LBO) – The slide in Sri Lanka’s stock market continued Wednesday with turnover also falling amid continued trade in stocks that had attracted speculators, brokers said. There were two crossings or off-market private deals of Distilleries Company of 350,000 shares at 175 rupees each. It closed at 175.10, up 10 cents. The […]

Sep 13, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks slumped again Tuesday continuing a slide that began towards the end of last week, with the highlight being trading in Lanka Milk Foods in which there were several deals, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index fell 0.54 percent (37.58 points) to 6,930.04, while the more […]

Sep 12, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks ended lower Monday continuing a slump that began towards the end of last week, with mostly speculative trading seen, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index fell 0. 32 percent (22.71 points) to 6,967.62, while the more liquid Milanka index fell 0. 25 percent (15.89 points) […]

Sep 09, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed almost stagnant Friday with interest in shares that had been subject to speculative trading in recent weeks, brokers said. The main All Share Price Index fell 0.02 percent (1.27 points) to 6,990.33, while the more liquid Milanka index fell 0.11 percent (6.72 points) to close at […]