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Sri Lanka's shares close up on a 16 month high

All Share Price Index was up 0.66 percent or 74.53 points to 11,386.72

July 31, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge up in mid day trade

All Share Price Index was up 0.20 percent or 22.92 points to 11,335.11,

July 31, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's stocks close on a 16 month high on macroeconomic clarity

All Share Price Index was up 0.48 percent or 54.37 points to 11,312.19

July 28, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's shares jump in mid day trade

All Share Price Index was up 0.67 percent or 75.44 points to 11,333.26

July 28, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka primary dealers in knowledge sharing drive

The Public Debt Management Act to create a more structured and transparent debt management framework

Sri Lanka stocks close up boosted by diversified financials

Mostly driven by retail investors

Sri Lankan shares ease; interest rate concerns weigh

COLOMBO, March 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended slightly weaker on Tuesday, with financial and manufacturing stocks...

March 7, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares edge up; beverage, telecoms lead

COLOMBO, March 6 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed slightly firmer on Monday, after posting a more than three-week cl...

March 6, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka stock exchange ready to sell SOE stakes

Sri Lanka's Colombo Stock Exchange has introduced a facility to sell large stakes in companies as single blocks which ca...

March 5, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares edge up on foreign investor buying

COLOMBO, March 2 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed marginally higher on Thursday after posting a near three-week clos...

March 2, 2017 1 min read

Norway's Norges Bank fund invests US$65mn in Sri Lanka stocks

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), a sovereign wealth fund in Norway has invested 65 million US dollars in Sri La...

March 2, 2017 2 min read

Better capital allocation with integrated stock markets, Sri Lanka forum told

The integration of South Asian stock markets was discussed at a forum in Sri Lanka whose regulator said more interconnec...

March 2, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lankan shares post near 3-wk closing low in dull trade

Sri Lankan shares fell on Wednesday to their lowest close in nearly three weeks as concerns about rising interest rates ...

March 1, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares edge up; turnover rises to 12-wk high

COLOMBO, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended slightly stronger on Tuesday after posting their lowest close in mor...

February 28, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit 2-1/2-week closing low; block deals boost turnover

COLOMBO, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell on Monday to hit their lowest close in more than two weeks as investo...

February 27, 2017 1 min read

Warren Buffett on immigration, market economy, stock buybacks

Highlights from billionaire Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders on Saturday: ON IMMIGR...

February 26, 2017 4 min read
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Sri Lankan shares end firmer; earnings lift sentiment

COLOMBO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended slightly firmer on Thursday, further moving away from a more than on...

February 23, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares edge up as investors pick up bank stocks

COLOMBO, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose slightly on Wednesday from a more than one-week closing low hit in th...

February 22, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka brush maker Beira group goes public; to make synthetic yarn

Sri Lanka's BPPL Holdings, a brush exporter with annual revenues of Rs2.0 billion and profits of Rs306.8 million, is see...

February 22, 2017 1 min read

Nestlé Sri Lanka unit December net up 34-pct

Nestlé Lanka, the Sri Lankan unit of the food multinational, said December 2016 quarter net profit rose 34 percent to...

February 22, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit more than 1-wk closing low as rising rates weigh

COLOMBO, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares hit a more than one-week closing low on Tuesday, their fourth straight ses...

February 21, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares fall for 3rd session; blue-chips down

COLOMBO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares hit a one-week closing low on Monday, as investors sold shares of blue chi...

February 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares fall for 2nd day; banks lead

COLOMBO, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares declined in a shortened session on Friday, further moving away from a four...

February 17, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Softlogic December net down 33-pct, sales sluggish, costs up

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Softlogic Holdings group said December 2016 quarter net profit fell 33 percent t...

February 17, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Melstacorp December net down 7-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Melstacorp Limited, a diversified group that controls Sri Lanka's largest hard alcohol maker, said Decembe...

February 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares slip from 4-wk closing high on profit-taking

COLOMBO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended slightly weaker on Thursday, down from a four-week closing high hit ...

February 16, 2017 2 min read