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Sri Lanka's shares close lower on profit taking after DDR fears tone down

All Share Price Index was down 0.33 percent or 30.72 points to 9,248.56

June 16, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom, HNB, Hemas added to liquid stock index

Browns and co, Teejay Lanka and Watawala Plantation had been dropped.

June 16, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's mid day shares down on profit taking and selling pressure

All Share Price Index was down 0.68 percent or 63.35 points to 9,215.93

June 16, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares close at a two month high as DDR fears ease

All Share Price Index was up 0.68 percent or 62.79 points to 9,279.28

June 15, 2023 3 min read
Sri Lanka stocks fall after volatile session, as Middle East war intensifies

Stocks fell on Tuesday as uncertainty about the escalating global war situation spooked investors, brokers said.

Sri Lankan shares end steady; heavyweight John Keells down

Sri Lankan shares ended steady in thin trade on Tuesday, hovering near a more than three-week closing low hit in the pre...

September 6, 2016 1 min read

Mobitel to buy Sri Lanka medical dotcom amid competition from rival

Mobitel, a unit of publicly traded Sri Lanka Telecom, is offering to buy Echannelling.com, a firm that pioneered online ...

September 6, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan stocks end lower; turnover slumps

Sri Lankan shares ended down on Monday, while turnover slumped to its lowest in six weeks as investors stayed on the sid...

September 6, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan stocks close steady; foreign buying boosts turnover

COLOMBO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended steady on Friday, with falls in hotels and travel companies offsetti...

September 2, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan stocks recover from over 2-wk closing low on FII buying

COLOMBO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose marginally on Thursday in lean trade, recovering from a more than two...

September 1, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan stocks close steady ahead of cenbank policy meeting

COLOMBO, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended steady on Tuesday as investors awaited directions from a key central...

August 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan stocks end lower on profit-taking

COLOMBO, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell in moderate volume for a second straight session on Monday as investo...

August 29, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan stocks end at 2-wk low;, diesel duty hike hurts

COLOMBO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended at a two-week low on Friday in moderate volume as investors booked p...

August 26, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan stocks end steady; turnover moderate

COLOMBO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended steady on Thursday in moderate trading volume as local buying booste...

August 25, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's LVL Energy Fund eyes Rs900mn from IPO

Sri Lanka based LVL Energy Fund (LEF), a unit of publicly traded Lanka Ventures Plc which invests in power generation, i...

August 25, 2016 1 min read
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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
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S&P SL20 6,293.72 -1.13%
CSE All Share 22,024.18 -0.60%
Turnover Rs 3232.70 million 2975.05 million
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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
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Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
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Sri Lanka corporate earnings growth slows to 6.0-pct in June quarter

Sri Lanka's corporate earnings grew 6.6 percent from a year earlier in the June 2016 quarter to Rs50 billion, slowing fr...

August 24, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan stocks post 3-month closing high in high turnover

COLOMBO, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended marginally higher on Tuesday and posted their highest close in three...

August 23, 2016 1 min read

Distilleries Corp of Sri Lanka to be suspended, Sept 03 owners to get Melstacorp

Shares of Distilleries Corporation of Sri Lanka will be suspended, and owners as of September 30 will get four shares of...

August 23, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares slip from 3-month closing high

COLOMBO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed slightly weaker on Monday after posting a three-month closing high ...

August 22, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan stocks hit 3-mth closing high led by banks, construction shares

COLOMBO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares hit a three-month closing high on Friday as investors bought banking and c...

August 19, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares post 3-mth closing high, led by blue chips

COLOMBO, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares posted a three-month closing high on Thursday, led by gains in blue chips ...

August 18, 2016 1 min read

VAT hits Sri Lanka Softlogic’s health care profits

ECONOMYNEXT – The introduction of value-added tax eroded profits at Softlogic Group's healthcare business in the ...

August 18, 2016 2 min read

Asian stocks ease off 1-year high after Fed rate comments

Asian shares pulled back from a one-year high and the dollar strengthened on Wednesday, after an influential Federal Res...

August 17, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka's CT Holdings June quarter net profit up 45-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's CT Holdings group (CTH) said net profit rose 45 percent to Rs537 million rupees in the June 20...

August 16, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares edge down on profit-taking

COLOMBO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed slightly lower on Tuesday after posting a more than 11-week closing...

August 16, 2016 2 min read