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Sri Lanka's mid day shares edge up

All Share Price Index was up 0.01 percent or 0.68 points to 9,015.51

June 13, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge up on close on policy rate cuts

The main All Share Price Index was up 2.23 percent or 196.44 points to 9,014.83

June 12, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge up on policy rate cuts

Turnover 485 million rupees at 1230 hours. 

June 12, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares gain on lowered interest rates

The main All Share Price Index was up 0.58 percent or 51.05 points to 8,818.39

June 9, 2023 2 min read
Sri Lanka stocks close down as Israel-Iran tensions rise

Israel's unprovoked bombing of Iran early Friday has raised fears of a wider war in the region and raised oil prices

Sri Lanka's George Steuart sells 10-pct stake in HVA Foods

HVA foods owns the Heladiv Tea brand which offers tea and tea-based products internationally.

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
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US Dollar 332.5018 332.3603
UK Pound 440.0661 440.9424
Euro 367.7137 368.4879
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6-m bill 7.91 8.26
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Sri Lanka's Hayleys group net down 32-pct in June

Profits at Sri Lanka's Hayleys group, which has interests in export manufacturing, construction, agriculture constructio...

August 10, 2016 1 min read

Agalawatte Plantations say shareholders of parent approved sale

Agalawatte Plantations Plc says the sale of a controlling 60.8 percent stake to Browns Power Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, which r...

August 9, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares end lower; slip from more than 7-wk closing high

COLOMBO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended slightly weaker in dull trade on Monday, slipping from their more tha...

August 8, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares end at over 7-week closing high on foreign buying

Sri Lankan shares gained on Friday to a more than seven-week closing high on foreign buying, and as investors bought blu...

August 6, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares rise as investors pick blue chips; rupee steady

Sri Lankan shares rose on Friday, hovering near a seven-week high hit earlier this week, as investors bought blue chips ...

August 5, 2016 2 min read

Japan's SBI to buy 25-pct of Sri Lanka stockbroker

Japan-based SBI group has inked a deal to buy a 25 percent stake in First Guardian Equities, a stockbroker licensed to d...

August 5, 2016 1 min read

Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka share swap gets court nod

Courts have granted permission to seek shareholder approval for a plan to swap stock of Distilleries Corporation of Sri ...

August 3, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares up; rate hike boosts sentiment on economy

Sri Lankan shares notched up a fifth session of gains to close at their highest in more than seven weeks on Wednesday, o...

August 3, 2016 2 min read

Melstacorp to be holding Co, of Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka; both firms listed

In a complex share swap, Distilleries Corporation of Sri Lanka is expected to be made a subsidiary of Melstacorp, which ...

August 1, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lanka to allow low-tax imports for flood hit beer firm: report

Sri Lanka will allow Lion Brewery franchise holder or Carlsberg in the country and Lion Beer imports at lower duty, foll...

August 1, 2016 1 min read