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Sri Lanka's shares down in mid day trade

All Share Price Index was down 0.61 percent or 68.05 points to 11,001.39

July 26, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's JKH profits down in June

Currency appreciation, higher interest costs reduce one off gains

July 26, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's shares close down on selling and profit taking

All Share Price Index was down 0.22 percent or 24.48 points to 11,069.44

July 25, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge down in mid day trade

All Share Price Index was down 0.42 percent or 46.75 points to 11,047.17

July 25, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka stocks close up 0.25 as US tariff talks set to resume

Turnover marginally rose to 5.9 billion rupees

Sri Lanka stocks end on mixed sentiments

Turnover was 5.3 billion rupees.

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
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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
Latest Last
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
Latest Last
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
today yesterday
Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
Gilt Repo 7.74 7.72
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Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lankan shares recover from 10-mth closing low on bargain-hunting

COLOMBO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose on Tuesday, recovering from a more than 10-month closing low hit in th...

February 7, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit 10-mth closing low ahead of cbank rate review

Sri Lankan shares fell on Monday to an over 10-month closing low, dragged down by beverage and banking stocks, as invest...

February 6, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Access Engineering net up 15-pct in Dec

Sri Lanka's Access Engineering Plc, a construction group, said profits in the December quarter 2016 rose 15 percent from...

February 6, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka stock brokers, asked to have Rs100mn equity

Sri Lanka's Securities and Exchange Commission has directed stock brokers and debt dealers trading on the Colombo Stock ...

February 5, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Cargills Ceylon December net up 38-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cargills Ceylon said December 2016 quarter net profit rose 37.5% to Rs637 millio...

February 3, 2017 1 min read

Royal Institute wins Sri Lanka CFA investment research race

Royal Institute of Colombo has won a competition on investment research conducted by the Sri Lanka chapter of Chartered ...

February 3, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares edge up as investors buy battered blue chips

COLOMBO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed slightly higher on Thursday, snapping two straight sessions of falls...

February 2, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares fall on foreign selling amid political uncertainties

COLOMBO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell on Tuesday to end near a 10-month low as foreign investors sold equit...

January 31, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's United Motors net down 61-pct

Profits at Sri Lanka's United Motors Plc, which has agencies for Mitsubishi and Perodua, fell 61 percent to 226 million ...

January 31, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares close slightly higher in dull trade

COLOMBO, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan stocks ended marginally higher on Monday in lacklustre trading as bargain-hunting...

January 30, 2017 1 min read