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Sri Lanka shares gain in mid-day trade

The market started gaining after the Central bank policy rate cut and falling in the inflation rate

June 15, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares close at a near two month high on macroeconomic sentiments

All Share Price Index was up 1.59 percent or 144.52 points to 9,216.49

June 14, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge up in mid day trade

All Share Price Index (ASPI) was up 1.61 percent or 145.97 points to 9,215.61

June 14, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares close higher on policy rate cuts and confidence on DDR

All Share Price Index was up 0.61 percent or 54.81 points to 9,069.64

June 13, 2023 2 min read

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
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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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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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
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
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Sri Lanka Telecom net down 38-pct

Profits at Sri Lanka Telecom, which has wireline and mobile, fell 38 percent to Rs1.09 billion in the June 2016 quarter ...

August 16, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares hits more than 11-wk high

COLOMBO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended at a more than 11-week high on Monday as investors bought beverage a...

August 15, 2016 2 min read

LSE Group to open technology hub in Sri Lankan capital

ECONOMYNEXT – London Stock Exchange Group’s Business Services division (LSEG BSL) in Sri Lanka will soon o...

August 15, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's brewery makes Rs500mn loss after floods

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Beverage holdings, brewer for Lion and Carlsberg in Sri Lanka, lost Rs501 million in the June quarter...

August 15, 2016 1 min read

Tourism sector drags down Sri Lanka Aitken Spence June net

Sri Lanka’s Aitken Spence Group said June 2016 quarter net profit fell 69 percent to Rs249 million from a year ag...

August 13, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares end firmer on foreign buying

COLOMBO, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares edged up on Friday hovering near its more-than-10-week high, hit earlier i...

August 12, 2016 2 min read

Nestlé’s Sri Lanka unit June quarter net down 8-pct

ECONOMYNEXT - Nestlé Lanka, the Sri Lankan unit of the food multinational, said June 2016 quarter net profit fell 8 p...

August 11, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares slip from 10-week high on profit-taking

COLOMBO, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares on Thursday slipped from its more-than-10-week high, hit in the previous s...

August 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Hemas Group maritime business doubles profit in June quarter

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Hemas Group said June 2016 quarter net profit shot up 68 percent to Rs696 millio...

August 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Distilleries group net up 9.5-pct, core firm show gains

Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka, which has interests in beverages, insurance and agriculture, said profits rose 9.5 pe...

August 10, 2016 1 min read