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Sri Lanka's shares edge up in mid day trade on pipe line discussions

All Share Price Index was up 0.31 percent or 32.96 points to 10,542.48

July 14, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares pick up on DDO assurances

All Share Price Index (ASPI) edged up 0.01 percent or 1.52 points to 10,491.52

July 13, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka bonds close steady, rupee 317.25/318.00 to dollar

US dollar closed at 313.25/318.00 rupees.

July 13, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edged up in mid day trade

All Share Price Index (ASPI) edged up 0.33 percent or 34.17 points 10,524.15

July 13, 2023 1 min read
Dhammika Perera buys Sri Lanka's East West Properties

This is approximately 77.40 percent of the issued shares of the company.

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
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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
I-m SLIBOR - -
Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lankan shares hit over one-week closing low; blue chips fall

COLOMBO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed at their lowest in more than a week on Friday as investors sold larg...

December 9, 2016 2 min read

Thailand's Group Lease buys 30-pct stake in Sri Lanka's Commercial Credit in Rs10bn deal

ECONOMYNEXT – Thailand's Group Lease Holdings bought a 30% stake in Sri Lanka's Commercial Credit and Finance at ...

December 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares end near one-week closing low

COLOMBO, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended weaker for a second straight session on Wednesday, to hit their lowes...

December 7, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares end at 2-wk high; banks lead

Sri Lankan shares rose for a second straight session on Friday to close at a two-week high as investors sought bargains ...

December 5, 2016 2 min read

London ready to provide 'complementary liquidity for Sri Lanka firms: LSE boss

London Stock Exchange was ready to support Sri Lanka's privatization efforts and provide 'complementary liquidity' in Lo...

December 5, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Melstacorp to focus on premium liquor, diversity into oil palm

ECONOMYNEXT – Melstacorp Limited (MCRP), which becomes the parent firm of Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka in a ...

December 2, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka Melstacorp listing reference price set at Rs69

ECONOMYNEXT – Melstacorp Limited (MCRP), currently a 100% subsidiary of Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka, which ...

December 1, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares end 1 pct higher; foreign buying seen

COLOMBO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares jumped more than 1 percent on Thursday as investors sought bargains in blue...

December 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares edge up; tax proposals weigh

COLOMBO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended slightly higher on Wednesday as investors sought bargains in blue-ch...

November 30, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares hit near 8-mth low on foreign fund outflow

COLOMBO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell on Tuesday for the third straight session to end at a near eight-mont...

November 29, 2016 2 min read