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Sri Lanka's shares edge up on positive macroeconomic sentiments

The main All Share Price Index was up 0.72 percent or 62.19 points to 8,753.80

June 2, 2023 3 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge up in mid day trade

Sri Lanka's shares edged up in mid day trade on Friday, Colombo Stock Exchange data showed. 

June 2, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka bonds yield open steady, rupee at 293.00/295.00 against the US dollar

The Spot US dollar was quoted at 293.00/295.00 rupees after closing at 292.50/295.50 to the US dollar, dealers said.

June 2, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's shares edge up on positive sentiments from Monetary Policy

“The overall sentiment is positive, because it was a higher than expected rate cut,” an analyst said.

June 1, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka company earnings growth seen slowing

ECONOMYNEXT – Earnings growth of Sri Lankan companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange are likely to slowdown...

July 12, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit near 3-wk closing high on eurobond issue

COLOMBO, July 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed at their highest in nearly three weeks on Tuesday, the fifth strai...

July 12, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka stock exchange promotes mobile phone trading

ECONOMYNEXT - The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) will conduct training programmes around the country to educate investors ...

July 12, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares post over 2-wk closing high on foreign buying

COLOMBO, July 11 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose for a fourth straight session on Monday and posted their highest clo...

July 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka not trying to stifle tourism start ups: minister

Sri Lanka is not trying to stifle the smaller start up hotels and apartments at the behest of large operators who cannot...

July 9, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lankan shares post 2-wk closing high on foreign buying

COLOMBO, July 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose for a third straight session on Friday and posted their highest close...

July 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares post over 1-wk closing high on foreign buying

COLOMBO, July 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose for a second straight session on Thursday and posted their highest cl...

July 7, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares recover on bargain-hunting

COLOMBO, July 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose on Tuesday, recovering from a near three-month closing low hit in the...

July 5, 2016 1 min read

Unit Trust Association of Sri Lanka elects new office bearers

Ruwan Perera, Chief Operating Officer of NDB Wealth Management Limited was elected as the new President of the Unit Trus...

July 5, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares post near 3-mth closing low on policy uncertainties

COLOMBO, July 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for a 10th session in 11 and posted their lowest close in nearly thre...

July 4, 2016 2 min read
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Latest Last
US Dollar 332.3603 330.8514
UK Pound 440.9424 438.3450
Euro 368.4879 371.0168
Yen 2.0805 2.0916
Aus Dollar 227.4342 231.1659
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
Latest Last
Indian Rupee 3.5474 3.4202
Korean Won 0.2492 0.2479
Oman Rial 863.2287 859.3320
Saudi Riyal 88.5586 88.0955
UAE Dirham 90.4874 90.0766
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
pts %
S&P SL20 6,365.57 +0.26%
CSE All Share 22,157.40 +0.56%
Turnover Rs 2975.05 million 1193.67 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
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Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lanka new CB Governor Coomaraswamy resigns from John Keells

Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lanka's newly appointed governor of the central bank has resigned his board seat on listed Jo...

July 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares snap nine sessions of falls on bargain hunting

COLOMBO, July 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose for the first time in 10 sessions on Friday as investors bought beate...

July 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares fall for 9th session; capital gains tax weighs

COLOMBO, June 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended lower for the ninth straight session on Thursday as comments from a...

June 30, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares end down on capital gains tax jitters

COLOMBO, June 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for an eighth straight session on Wednesday as sentiment continued t...

June 29, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares end down; capital gains tax, Brexit weigh

COLOMBO, June 28 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended weaker on Tuesday, falling for the seventh straight session, as com...

June 28, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka capital gains tax likely to apply to land, shares: minister

Sri Lanka's planned capital gains tax is likely to apply to land as well as shares, Megthough it exact application is no...

June 28, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares down for sixth session; Brexit woes weigh

COLOMBO, June 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for a sixth straight session on Monday as investors turned cautious ...

June 27, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka based Abans Finance to raise Rs276mn for share placement

Sri Lanka's Abans Finance Plc, a licensed non-bank lender said it would sell 11 million share to a private investment co...

June 27, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit over 2-mth low ahead of rates decision; Brexit weighs

COLOMBO, June 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for a fifth straight session to a more than two-month closing low on...

June 24, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit 2-mth closing low ahead of cbank rates decision

COLOMBO, June 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for a fourth straight session to hit a two-month closing low on Thur...

June 23, 2016 2 min read