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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's scheduled national budget presentation at 1.30 pm on Thursday.
Supported by continued expansion in data and home broadband demand.
Anchored by its core fashion retail segment which generated Rs. 1.71 billion or 92.7 percent of external turnover
Positive contributors to the ASPI were Dialog Axiata, Distilleries Company, Ceylon Cold Stores, Aitken Spence, and DFCC
Most Sri Lankans still invest in risk-free fixed assets
Top-line performance was led by the Hospitals sector
The group posted basic earnings per share of Rs. 11.80 for the September quarter
“The upward trend that began yesterday, following the US midterm elections and the Democratic Party's victory, continu...
Following national rating scale recalibration
Positive contributors to the ASPI were Dialog Axiata, Commercial Bank, Hayleys, LOLC Holdings, and HNB
Positive contributors to the ASPI were Commercial Bank, Dialog Axiata, Hatton National Bank
Weerakoon was CEO of Kelani Valley Plantations PLC from 2018 to 2025.
The Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) has attained a shareholding threshold in both the voting and non-voting shares
Top positive contributors to the ASPI were Dialog Axiata, Commercial Bank and Laugfs Gas
The group posted basic earnings per share of 0.29 rupees for the second quarter (Q2), up from 0.09 rupees a year earlier
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Positive contributors to the ASPI were Dialog Axiata, Overseas Realty, Hayleys, Softlogic Capital, and Haycarb
Valuations were now near cyclical lows
The transactions involved the purchase of 19,358,555 shares in total, all executed at a price of 12 rupees per share.
CAL plans to leverage AFC's capabilities to improve its capacity to source global capital flows into Sri Lanka, Banglade
The banking group posted basic earnings per share of 4.82 rupees for the third quarter (Q3),
The Hayleys group subsidiary posted basic earnings per share of 20 cents for the second quarter (Q2)
The shareholding had increased to 71,872,416 shares, representing 10 percent of the issued share capital as of Sep 30
The group posted basic earnings per share of 1.28 rupees for the second quarter (Q2)
Positive contributors to the ASPI were Dialog Axiata, LOLC Holdings, Singer Sri Lanka, and Ceylon Cold Stores
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