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Sri Lanka's stocks edge up in mid day trade

Sri Lanka's shares edge up in mid day trade on Wednesday, Colombo Stock Exchange data showed. 

August 16, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge down on selling interest and profit taking on banking counters

All Share Price Index was down 1.47 percent or 168.00 points to 11,224.22

August 15, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's stocks edge down in mid day trade

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

August 15, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares down after constant gains

Shares close down on Monday on profit taking and selling interest due to constant gains in the previous sessions

August 14, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka’s PABC Bank net up 71-pct in June 2025 quarter

The bank's impairment cost is down by 55 percent in the quarter

Sri Lanka stocks close up after initial selling pressure

Selling pressure coming in on the back of all the negative publicity surrounding John Keells

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
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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
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Turnover Rs 3232.70 million 2975.05 million
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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
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Dumith Fernando on Sri Lanka stock exchange Board

ECONOMYNEXT – Investment banker and head of Asia Securities Dumith Fernando has been elected as a director of the...

June 28, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan banks lead in March quarter profits

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s banking sector remained the largest contributor to earnings of firms listed on t...

June 28, 2017 2 min read

Hayleys, Seylan Bank, Tokyo Cement in S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index

ECONOMYNEXT – The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has included Hayleys, Seylan Bank and Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka)...

June 14, 2017 7 min read

Sri Lanka stock exchange adds non-voting shares in market cap calculation

ECONOMYNEXT – The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) said it will include non-voting shares, which are listed and trade...

June 6, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's LOLC net sharply up on one off gains

Profits at Sri Lanka's Lanka Orix Leasing Company Plc, which has interests in finance, leisure, and farming rose 320 per...

June 1, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence March net profit doubles to Rs1.2bn

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence PLC said March 2017 quarter group net profit doubled to 1.2 billio...

May 26, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Hayleys March net down 8-pct to Rs1.3bn

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Hayleys group said net profit fell 8 percent to 1.3 billion rupees in the March ...

May 22, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankas' First Capital Holdings return to profit in March quarter

Sri Lanka's First Capital Holdings Plc, which has interests in investment banking and securities trading, reported profi...

May 22, 2017 1 min read

London Stock Exchange wins award for ‘Best Global Exchange Group’

ECONOMYNEXT – London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), which has a support centre in Sri Lanka and uses technology dev...

May 18, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Hemas Holdings net up 54-pct in March

Profits at Sri Lanka's Hemas Holdings Plc, which has interests in consumer goods, healthcare, logistics and leisure, ros...

May 18, 2017 2 min read