Tag: Sri Lanka stocks

September 27, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed up 0.10 percent Thursday with NDB PLC and AVIVA NDB Insurance indices dropping on confirmation of a take- over by AIA group. The Colombo All Share Index closed at 5,949.42 up 5.66 points and the S & P SL 20 Index closed 2.04 points higher at […]

September 25, 2012 – (LBO) Sri Lanka stocks closed up 0.18 percent Tuesday with market interest in NDB Capital and several other blue chip companies. The Colombo All Share Index closed at 5,926.29 up 10.39 points and the S & P SL 20 Index closed 6.19 points higher at 3,201.10 up 0.19 percent. Turnover was […]

September 20, 2012 (LBO) Sri Lanka stocks recovered losses and closed up 0.90 percent Thursday. The Colombo All Share Index closed at 5,901.97 up 52.83 points and the S & P SL 20 Index closed 27.97 higher at 3,169.61 up 0.89 percent. Turnover was 941 million rupees. Dialog Axiata dominated the day’s turnover with 81 […]

Sept 19, 2012 (LBO – Sri Lanka stocks extended losses closing 1.04 percent lower Wednesday, as investors took profits from steep recent gains, while a newly listed finance company stock hit a new high, brokers said. Many other stocks however lost ground for the second day as investors took profits after recent steep gains. Abans […]

Sept 18, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed down 0.98 percent Tuesday, taking a breather from steady gains made over several days. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index dropped 58.28 points to close at 5,9110.81 down 0.98 percent and the S&P SL 20 index closed down 1.03 percent at 3,177.73 points up 32.97 […]

Sept 14, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed up 2.59 percent Friday gaining 7.8 percent through the week in a broad based rally, with record gains by an illiquid new stock, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Price Index closed at 5,920 gaining 149.6 points and the S&P SL 20 index closed up […]

Sept 12, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks rose 1.9 percent Thursday with saw penny stocks and key large caps moving up, extending a rally that began in late August, brokers said. The Colombo All Share Price Index rose 108.9 points to close at 5,777.22 and the S&P SL 20 index rose 1.93 percent to […]

Sept 12, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka closed up 1.38 percent in a day that a commodity broker and a finance company started trading for the first time, brokers said. Selinsing, an illiquid stock which rose 500 rupees with a single share being traded on Tuesday fell back 209 rupees to 1,390. Some poultry stocks […]

Sept 11, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed marginally lower Tuesday ending a 10 straight days of gains that followed the replacement of a regulator who was tough on securities fraud, brokers said. Politically connected investors and brokers blamed SEC rules and investigations of micro cap fraud including pump and dump scams for the […]

Sept 10, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stocks closed up for the tenth straight session Monday in gaining 1.7 percent in a broad based rally where index heavy stocks, finance companies and poultry firms were in demand, brokers said. CDB closed at 46.50 up 1.50 rupees, Lanka Orix Finance closed up 20 cents at 4.90 […]

Sept 06, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed up for the eighth straight trading session gaining 0.3 percent helped a steep rise in Commercial Leasing and Finance Company boosting the index, brokers said. Asiri Surgical rose 20 cents to close at 8.30 rupees, Bogowantalawa Tea Estates closed up 80 cents at 16.70 rupees. John […]

Sept 04, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed up for the fifth straight day gaining 1.5 percent with retail buying support and plantations related stocks moving up, brokers said. The Colombo All Share Price Index closed at 5,379.22 up 76.23 points and the S&L SL20 closed up 1.16 percent at 2,931.4 gaining 33.5 points. […]