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Sri Lanka's shares up at close on banking sector

All Share Price Index was down 2.48 percent or 272.74 points to 11,257.82

July 27, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge up on banks and blue chip counters

All Share Price Index was up 1.26 percent or 137.90 points to 11,122.98

July 27, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 328.50/330.00 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka rupee opened at 328.50/330.00 in the spot market

July 27, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares close on a five session low after continuous gains and profit taking

All Share Price Index was down 0.76 percent or 84.36 points to 10,958.08

July 26, 2023 2 min read

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
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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
pts %
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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Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lankan shares hit 4-wk closing high; large caps lead

COLOMBO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares hit a four-week closing high on Wednesday, rising for a third straight ses...

February 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's CIFL says accounts rejected by regulator

Sri Lanka's Central Investment and Finance (CIFL), a troubled finance company says the central bank has not approved its...

February 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit 2-wk closing high as blue chips rally

COLOMBO, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares hit a two-week closing high on Tuesday as investors picked up blue chip sh...

February 14, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Sunshine Holdings hit by pharma price controls

Sri Lanka's Sunshine Holdings Plc said profits in its healthcare business fell 66 percent to Rs91 million in the nine mo...

February 14, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence December quarter net up 36-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence said group net profit for the December 2016 quarter rose 36.4 percent to ...

February 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit more than 1-wk closing high; blue chips gain

COLOMBO, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares hit a more than one week closing high on Monday as investors picked up bat...

February 13, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares snap 2 days of gains; rising interest rates weigh on mkt

COLOMBO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed slightly weaker on Thursday, snapping two straight sessions of gains...

February 9, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Renuka Holdings December net profit up sharply to Rs135mn

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Renuka Holdings said December 2016 quarter net profit shot up 659% to Rs135 million fro...

February 9, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Hemas Group Dec quarter profit flat

Sri Lanka’s Hemas Holdings said December 2016 quarter group net profit was virtually flat at Rs864 million compar...

February 8, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares edge up, but rising rates weigh

COLOMBO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares edged up on Wednesday, continuing to recover from an over 10-month closing ...

February 8, 2017 2 min read