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Sri Lanka stocks close up 1 pct, investor interest in banks

Investor interest in banking sector after Paris-Club agreement, loans

December 1, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Cargills Bank plans IPO

The Bank proposes to issue 62,500,000 ordinary voting shares at a price of 8.00 rupees a share.

December 1, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 327.70/328.00 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 327.70/328.00 to the US dollar on Friday. Market up, bonds down.

December 1, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close up after Paris Club agreement

Renewed investor interest after Wednesday’s news official creditor committee agreed on debt restructuring deal.

November 30, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka shares close up, turnover remains low

The Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Wednesday, CSE data showed.

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 329.35/45 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 329.35/45 to the US dollar on Wednesday, dealers said.

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 329.40/60 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 329.40/60 to the US dollar on Tuesday, dealers said.

November 28, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down on low investor sentiment

The Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Monday, CSE data showed.

November 27, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares close up, turnover at 2 bn

Turnover was at 2 billion.

November 22, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares close down, one million in turnover

The Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Thursday, CSE data showed. Turnover was at 1 million.

November 16, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares down in mid-day trade

The Colombo Stock Exchange was trading down in mid-day trade on Thursday, CSE data showed.

November 16, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares close down

The Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Wednesday, CSE data showed.

November 15, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares down in mid-day trade

The Colombo Stock Exchange was indicating mixed sentiments during mid-day trading on Wednesday, CSE data showed.

November 15, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares close up after budget

Turnover remained low at 558 million as investor attention was concentrated on the budget speech.

November 13, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down ahead of budget

The Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Friday, CSE data showed.

November 10, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka stocks down mid-day, despite Telecom interest

The Colombo Stock Exchange was trading down on Friday, CSE data showed.

November 10, 2023 1 min read
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Latest Last
US Dollar 330.2942 315.1016
UK Pound 429.0139 401.1871
Euro 372.1704 343.1959
Aus Dollar 227.2526 211.5951
Yen 2.3820 2.1908
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
Latest Last
Indian Rupee 3.6453 3.5932
Korea Won 0.2342 0.2292
Oman Rial 780.3569 769.4973
Saudi Riyal 80.1114 78.9849
UAE Dirham 81.7952 80.6569
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
pts %
S&P SL20 2,573.80 1.00%
CSE All Share 9,073.41 0.65%
Turnover Rs million 1,591,766,524.95 1,029,335,694.32
Source: CSE
Latest Last
3-m bill 21.72 21.79
6-m bill 19.55 20.31
12-m bill 17.72 19.28
5-yr bond 21.00 22.53
8-yr bond 19.42 20.55
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
today yesterday
Overnight Money 13.93 14.00
Gilt Repo 13.50 14.00
I-m SLIBOR - -
Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lanka shares down, turnover remains high

The Colombo Stock Exchange closed down on Thursday, CSE data showed. However, turnover was high at 2.3 billion.

November 9, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares trade down mid-day on profit taking

Market participants said there was some part of profit taking today after the market went up during the past few days.

November 9, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close up lifted by interest in JKH

Turnover was at 1.8 billion, with John Keells Holdings Plc contributing most

November 8, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks up, turnover pushed by JKH and renewed retail activity

Analysts said there was a recovery in the market sentiment due to some of the earnings results announced.

November 8, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's JKH reports Rs658mn loss on one-off forex impact

The operating environment in the country continued its gradual normalisation

November 7, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares trade up on positive sentiment from earnings

Analysts said the market was trading up because of the positive sentiment coming from company earnings seen so far.

November 7, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka begins regulated short selling

Several transactions recorded on the first day

November 7, 2023 7 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close up, but turnover remains low

The Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Monday, CSE data showed. Turnover was at 780 million

November 6, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close up amid positive sentiment

The Colombo Stock Exchange closed up on Thursday, CSE data showed.

November 2, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks open up on renewed interest, remain positive in mid-day trade

The Colombo Stock Exchange opened up and stayed green during mid-day trading, CSE data showed.

November 2, 2023 1 min read
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