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Sri Lanka's shares edged up in mid day trade

All Share Price Index was up 1.33 percent or 140.39 points to 10,735.41

July 17, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka bonds open down, rupee 320.00/321.50 to dollar

US dollar opened at 320.00/321.50 rupees.

July 17, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares gain in close for six sessions on DDO

All Share Price Index (ASPI) edged up 0.99 percent or 103.50 points to 10,595.02

July 14, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka bonds close unchanged, rupee 319.50/321.00 to dollar

US dollar closed at 319.50/321.00 rupees.

July 14, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka stocks continue to surge past 18,800 mark

Turnover rose to 9.49 billion rupees

Sri Lanka stocks rise 2.09-pct topping 18,500 after Trump eases tariffs

There was interest on blue chip and construction counters

Sri Lanka shares end near 9-mth low; foreign selling in Keells weighs

COLOMBO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, to end at a near nine-mont...

January 4, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka’s Lamurep seeks control of Sunshine Holdings at Rs47.50 a share

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Lamurep Investments Ltd. has made a voluntary offer to buy the remaining shares ...

January 2, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares fall as Keells draws selling

COLOMBO, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell on the first trading day of 2017 as investors sold market heavyweight ...

January 2, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares fall about 10 pct in 2016

Sri Lankan shares fell on Friday, posting a yearly decline of about 10 percent, in thin trade due to year-end holidays, ...

December 30, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Melstacorp plans to boost, non-beverage sectors

Sri Lanka's Melstacorp Limited, a diversified group which controls Sri Lanka's largest hard alcohol maker said it is pla...

December 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares rise nearly 0.5 pct in high turnover

COLOMBO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed about half a percent higher on Wednesday, recovering from a more th...

December 28, 2016 1 min read

Japanese investor whose stock purchase was reversed meets PM: report

A Japanese investor whose purchase of shares of Seylan Bank from a state-run lender was reversed had met Prime Minister ...

December 28, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit more than 8-mth closing low; turnover slumps

COLOMBO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed at their weakest in more than eight months in typical year-end holi...

December 27, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares rise after eight sessions of falls in thin trade

COLOMBO, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares edged up on Friday, snapping eight straight sessions of falls and moving a...

December 23, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares fall for 8th straight session in thin trade

COLOMBO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for an eighth straight session on Thursday, closing at their lowest i...

December 22, 2016 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
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
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 hit more than 8-mth closing low led by heavyweights

COLOMBO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed at their lowest in more than eight months in thin trade on Wednesda...

December 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka bourse to cancel Seylan share trade

Sri Lanka's Colombo Stock Exchange will consider reversing a 1.3 billion rupee deal involving the sale of stock in a pri...

December 19, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close 0.3-pct lower; Seylan drama draws interest

Sri Lanka's stocks close down 0.3 percent with beverage, bank and property stocks dragging down the markets, amid thin t...

December 19, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka govt to revoke BOC's Seylan sale

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the reversal of state-owned bank of Ceylon's sale of a stake in the priv...

December 19, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit more than 2-wk closing low led by banks

COLOMBO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for a third straight session on Friday to close at their lowest in mo...

December 16, 2016 2 min read

Asia struggles for traction, dollar near 14-year peak on Fed rally

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The dollar on Friday stood near a 14-year peak, bond yields were highly elevated and Asian sto...

December 16, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit more than 2-wk closing low; Fed rate hike weighs

COLOMBO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell in line with regional bourses to close at their lowest in more than t...

December 15, 2016 2 min read

Teejay Lanka ousts Ceylinco Insurance in S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index

ECONOMYNEXT – Teejay Lanka will replace Ceylinco Insurance in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) S&P Sri Lanka 20 i...

December 15, 2016 2 min read

Asia stocks, bonds struggle as Fed flags more hikes

SYDNEY/TOKYO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Asian shares and currencies struggled on Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised rate...

December 15, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit 2-wk closing low; blue chips weigh

COLOMBO, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed at their lowest in two weeks on Wednesday as foreign investor outfl...

December 14, 2016 1 min read