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Sri Lanka's shares edge down on banking sectors in mid day trade

Sri Lanka's shares edged down in mid day trade on Tuesday, Colombo Stock Exchange data showed. 

August 22, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s shares slip at close on profit taking and selling interest in the banking sector

All Share Price Index was down 0.57 percent or 65.42 points to 11,338.50

August 21, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edged down in mid day trade

All Share Price Index was down 0.29 percent or 33.07 points to 11,370.85

August 21, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares slip at close on profit taking and selling interest

All Share Price Index was down 0.19 percent or 21.77 points to 11,403.92

August 18, 2023 2 min read
Fitch affirms Sri Lanka's Mercantile Investments at BBB

Loan growth accelerated to 42% in FY25 as MIF seeks to capitalise on Sri Lanka's improved economic environment

Sri Lanka stocks close down amidst selling pressure, profit taking

Selling pressure on John Keells Holdings and profit taking in diversified financials

Sri Lankan shares recover, foreigners turn sellers

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan shares ended higher Thursday with foreign investors being net sellers, brokers said.

August 31, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks end weaker

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan stocks fell for the second straight day Wednesday, closing near a four-month low in thin...

August 30, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks end weaker, foreigners buy

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan shares fell Tuesday, their lowest in over four months, with falls in prices of big cap stocks d...

August 22, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Odel expands retail space

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan retailer Odel Plc said it has added another 10,000 square feet to its main store at Colo...

August 22, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan stocks slump again

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan stocks slumped again on Monday after a brief recovery last week, with price falls in ind...

August 21, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s RIL Property reports full occupancy, expands bakery chain

ECONOMYNEXT – RIL Property Limited (RIL), a developer, owner and operator of commercial office space in the Sri L...

August 18, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Udapussellawa Plantations back in profit

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Udapussellawa Plantations returned to profit in the June 2017 quarter with earnings of ...

August 18, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan stocks continue slide, foreigners buy

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan stocks ended weaker on Thursday, falling for the fifth straight day to a four-month low,...

August 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard makes Rs37mn loss in June quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard fell back into the red in the June 2017 quarter with a loss of ...

August 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks end down, foreign investors remain buyers

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan stocks ended weaker Wednesday but foreign investors remained net buyers, albeit at a more muted...

August 16, 2017 1 min read
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Sri Lanka Telecom June net down 4.3-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka Telecom, the country's sole wireline operator, which has a mobile unit, said net profit fell 4.3...

August 16, 2017 1 min read

High finance costs cut Sri Lanka’s Cargills June quarter profit

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cargills (Ceylon) said net profit fell two percent to Rs751 million in the June ...

August 15, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery avoids loss with insurance

Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery Plc, reported a 315 million rupee profit in the June 2017 quarter helped by 600 million rupee i...

August 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's HNB non-voting stock undersubscribed

A cash call by Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank which has left 4.4 million shares undersubscribed, is being offered to p...

August 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares end down, foreigners buy HNB

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan shares ended weaker Monday in thin trade with poor earnings and political instability ci...

August 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka hospital profits boosted by Dengue: Hemas

Sri Lanka's Hemas Group said falling profits from price controls on pharmaceuticals and currency depreciation was contai...

August 14, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares recover after nine days of losses

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan shares ended higher in thin trade on Thursday after nine straight days of losses, with moderate...

August 10, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence June quarter net profit up 42-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence said June 2017 quarter net profit grew 42 percent to 355 million r...

August 10, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Hayleys makes Rs150mn loss in June quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Hayleys group slipped into a loss of Rs150 million in the June 2017 quarter with...

August 9, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Access Engineering net up 13-pct

Sri Lanka's Access Engineering Plc said profits rose 13.2 percent to 593 million rupees in the June 2017 quarter from a ...

August 9, 2017 1 min read