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Sri Lanka sees over 10-year high monthly net foreign inflow in Sept; forex crisis helps 

Except 2 sessions, the market has witnessed foreign inflows in last 34 straight sessions.

September 30, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares fall in mid-morning trade

Market generated a turnover of 1.8 billion rupees.

September 30, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks steady; investors wait for cues from policy rates 

Investors have been on the sideline amid volatile trading

September 29, 2022 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares edge up in mid-morning trade

Market generated a turnover of 2.5 billion rupees.

September 29, 2022 1 min read
Sri Lanka's shares down in mid day trade

The main All Share Price Index was down 0.67 percent or 62.39 points to 9,186.17

Sri Lanka's Agalwatte plants 2,600ha of rubber after Damro takeover

Damro group is a consumer durables retailer and also a producer and exporter of furniture.

Sri Lanka rupee steady, stocks 0.33-pct weaker at open

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 181.55/60 to the US dollar on Wednesday, steady from Tuesday’s close, while bond yie...

October 30, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Asian Hotels and Properties Sept quarter net down 95-pct

Sri Lanka’s Asian Hotels and Properties said net profits fell 95 percent to 10.6 million rupees in the September 2019 ...

October 29, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks rally for ninth day to near three month high

Sri Lanka's stocks gained 0.31 percent on Tuesday, rallying for the nine straight day and rising to the highest levels s...

October 29, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens steady, gilt yields flat

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 181.40/55 to the US dollar on Tuesday steady from Monday’s close in the first half-h...

October 29, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's BPPL expects yarn orders to offset softer brush sales

Sri Lanka's BPPL Holdings Plc, a brush and yarn maker using recycled plastics said profits grew 24 percent in the Septem...

October 29, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka stocks gain on Dialog Axiata

Sri Lanka's stocks closed 0.18 percent higher on Monday, continuing an 8-day rally, pushed up by Dialog Axiata, brokers...

October 28, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka's EPF stocks up in Sept quarter

The market value of a stock portfolio at Sri Lanka's Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) grew 10.8 percent in the September...

Chandeepa Wettasinghe
October 28, 2019 2 min read

South Asia showcased to frontier market investors in confab backed by Sri Lanka's CAL

Companies and policy makers from Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh will come together at an annual conference in Singap...

October 28, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens weaker, gilt yields flat

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 181.45/50 to the US dollar on Monday in the first half-hour of trading, while bond yie...

October 28, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's COPE in oversight battle over listed Lanka Hospitals

ri Lanka parliament's Committee on Public Enterprises has sought oversight over Lanka Hospital Corporation Plc, a public...

October 26, 2019 2 min read
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Latest Last
US Dollar 305.1018 305.3339
UK Pound 386.9523 387.2371
Euro 330.8712 332.1141
Aus Dollar 201.0018 201.4980
Yen 2.0266 2.0278
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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Indian Rupee 3.6453 3.5932
Korea Won 0.2342 0.2292
Oman Rial 780.3569 769.4973
Saudi Riyal 80.1114 78.9849
UAE Dirham 81.7952 80.6569
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
pts %
S&P SL20 2,573.80 1.00%
CSE All Share 9,073.41 0.65%
Turnover Rs million 1,591,766,524.95 1,029,335,694.32
Source: CSE
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3-m bill 21.72 21.79
6-m bill 19.55 20.31
12-m bill 17.72 19.28
5-yr bond 21.00 22.53
8-yr bond 19.42 20.55
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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Overnight Money 13.93 14.00
Gilt Repo 13.50 14.00
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Sri Lanka stocks rally for seventh day, retail buying in Chevron

Sri Lanka's stocks closed 0.32 percent higher on Friday, with retail investors buying Chevron Lubricants Lanka, which re...

October 25, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee weaker at open, gilt yields stable

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 181.25/35 to the US dollar on Friday in the first hour of trading, while bond yields w...

October 25, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka unit of Chevron profits grow in Sep with higher sales

Sri Lanka's Chevron Lubricants Lanka Plc posted 622.3 million rupees in profits for the September quarter, up 20 percent...

October 25, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's SEC calls auditors, other stakeholders for talks on concerns

Sri Lanka's capital markets regulator has summoned auditors and other stakeholders for talks where it will share its con...

October 24, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka stocks rally for sixth day with buying in John Keells Hotels

Sri Lanka's stocks close 0.47 percent higher on Thursday, continuing a rally for the sixth consecutive day, provisional...

October 24, 2019 1 min read

Easter Sunday aftermath drives Sri Lanka's John Keells Hotels into the red in Sep

John Keells Hotels Plc (KHL), the Sri Lankan and Maldivian resort operator of the John Keells Group, said it posted 470 ...

October 24, 2019 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens slightly firmer, gilt yields flat

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 181.10/30 to the US dollar on Thursday in the first hour of trading, while bond yields...

October 24, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Keells Food Products profits fall in Sep on higher operating costs

Keells Food Products Plc, a processed food making unit of the largest listed entity John Keells Holdings Plc, said that ...

October 24, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens steady, gilt yields flat

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted at 181.55/70 to the US dollar on Wednesday in the first hour of trading, while bond yield...

October 23, 2019 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ends firmer, gilt yields marginally up

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed stronger at 181.55/65 to the US dollar on Tuesday gaining fifteen cents, while bond yields we...

October 22, 2019 1 min read