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Sri Lanka's shares edge up at close on banking and diversified financials

All Share Price Index was up 0.35 percent or 37.29 points to 11,425.69

August 17, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 322/323 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 322.00/323.00 to the US dollar on Thursday

August 17, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge up in mid day trade

All Share Price Index was up 0.65 percent or 73.50 points to 11,459.90

August 17, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge up at close

All Share Price Index was up 1.44 percent or 162.18 points to 11,386.40

August 16, 2023 2 min read

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
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Latest Last
US Dollar 332.5018 332.3603
UK Pound 440.0661 440.9424
Euro 367.7137 368.4879
Yen 2.0793 2.0805
Aus Dollar 226.4670 227.4342
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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Indian Rupee 3.5357 3.5474
Korean Won 0.2494 0.2492
Oman Rial 863.5962 863.2287
Saudi Riyal 88.5939 88.5586
UAE Dirham 90.5259 90.4874
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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S&P SL20 6,293.72 -1.13%
CSE All Share 22,024.18 -0.60%
Turnover Rs 3232.70 million 2975.05 million
Source: CSE
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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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
Gilt Repo 7.74 7.72
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Sri Lanka stocks downs 0.6-pct amid political moves

Sri Lanka's stocks fell 0.6 percent with foreign selling in Chevron Lubricants and speculation over the resignation of a...

August 8, 2017 2 min read

CFA Sri Lanka capital market awards for best in investment profession

ECONOMYNEXT – JB Vintage Money Market Fund won the Best Unit Trust Fund Gold at the fifth annual CFA Sri Lanka Ca...

August 3, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Union Place property sold for a billion rupees

Colombo City Holdings, a publicly traded company said it had reached a deal to sell 66.81 perch land with a building in ...

August 1, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's JKH net up 19-pct in March on finance income

Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings Plc, which has interests in logistics, leisure, property and financial services said ne...

July 27, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s John Keells PLC June net up 30-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s John Keells PLC said June 2017 quarter net profit rose 30% to Rs60 million from ...

July 27, 2017 1 min read

Foreign buying in Sri Lanka bourse doubles in first half of 2017

ECONOMYNEXT - Foreign buying of Sri Lankan stocks on the Colombo bourse in the first half of 2017 had doubled to Rs62.6...

July 18, 2017 3 min read

Auditor dominance of Sri Lanka regulator a concern: IOSCO

ECONOMYNEXT – The global standard setter for securities regulation has drawn attention to concerns over the domin...

July 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka should regulate investment banks, advisory services: IOSCO

ECONOMYNEXT – The global standard setter for securities regulation has urged Sri Lanka’s markets regulator...

July 11, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka markets regulator needs more enforcement power: IOSCO

ECONOMYNEXT – The enforcement powers of Sri Lanka’s markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commiss...

July 6, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka enforces minimum public float rule

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s capital markets regulator said it will enforce rules for listed companies to mai...

June 30, 2017 3 min read