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Plans public private partnerships for aviation services in aerodromes
The new bill is expected to be brought to parliament and enacted by June this year.
Sri Lanka rupee closed at 319/323 rupees against the US dollar
All maturities were down by more than 100 basis points
Sri Lanka’s coconut auction prices fell by 0.8 percent after the New Year holidays, at an auction last week, data show...
During the month of March, the rebased index rose 0.3 percent to 204.8 points.
Central Bank’s guidance peg for interbank US dollar transactions remained unchanged at 361.92 rupees
Bill yields fall across maturities at auction
The market generated a slow turnover of 590 million rupees.
The market generated a slow revenue of 596 million rupees.
If protests resurface this will pull down investors momentum towards shares, the analyst said.
The positive sentiment helped to boost both market turnover and net foreign buying to their highest in six week.
The manufacturing cost for the period increased to 261 million
Premadasa is aspiring to become the next Sri Lankan leader; some expect his party could have a landslide in LG polls
Demand for Sri Lankan exports is on the declining due to looming global recession
Many trade unions are up in the arm against tax hike
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 290.6745 | 289.8986 |
| UK Pound | 358.1710 | 357.3274 |
| Euro | 309.9647 | 310.0947 |
| Aus Dollar | 188.4064 | 310.0947 |
| Yen | 2.0658 | 2.0576 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5935 | 3.6214 |
| Korea Won | 0.2248 | 0.2261 |
| Oman Rial | 770.5802 | 776.9541 |
| Saudi Riyal | 79.1149 | 79.7546 |
| UAE Dirham | 80.7822 | 81.4508 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,432.34 | 0.14% |
| CSE All Share | 8,532.60 | -0.50% |
| Turnover Rs million | 575,340,332 | 518,927,793 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 24.64 | 24.60 |
| 6-m bill | 24.24 | 24.36 |
| 12-m bill | 22.37 | 22.36 |
| 5-yr bond | 24.98 | 24.79 |
| 8-yr bond | 23.82 | 23.16 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 16.49 | 16.49 |
| Gilt Repo | 16.50 | 16.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Top losers during mid day trade were Expolanka, LOLC and Sampath Bank.
We are taking action to bring a proposal against Chairman of the Commission
Sri Lanka's tax-to-GDP ratio is one of the lowest in the world
Top losers at 1130 hours were Commercial Bank, Aitken Spence and Expolanka.
Shares had seen a broad base pick up after assurances from India and China over the ending of the week.
“I can tell this assembly that the talks are successful,” President Wickremesinghe told parliament.
“The UNP-SLPP alliance is in no way a challenge to the SJB,” said Attanayake.
"Investors are not happy to invest until they see some solid assurance on IMF loan and the island’s debt restructure.â...
The project aims to provide emergency food, safe water, health and nutrition services and other essential services.
The five suspects are between 33 and 42 years of age and are residents.
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