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Mihular, a chartered accountant, appointed chairman, succeeding Sunil G Wijesinha who held the position for 12 years
The exit offer price is 240 rupees per share
"There was significant selling pressure on the bank's shares which trickled to other banking stocks too,"
The bank made a capital call from shareholders of 22 billion rupees
Bond yields were down.
Turnover was 1.3 billion. Capital goods brought in most of this.
"This is mainly because the earnings that are being posted are very good."
Dipped Products Plc saw investor interest (Rs115mn) and the share closed up at 33.50.
Decided to change the company name as Bimputh Lanka Investments PLC
Turnover was down at 1.4 billion. This was its lowest since April 22.
"When they made this type of statements the stock market will face a down turn on the following day."
"Market was a bit volatile today, and there was some profit-taking seen,"
Turnover was 3.3 billion.
Turnover linked taxes fell to 31.7 billion rupees from 34.2 billion rupees
| 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 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Turnover was the lowest in two weeks at 1.7 billion. The capital goods sector brought in most
Turnover was at 2.5 billion. Capital goods (Rs680mn) and banks (Rs665mn) brought in the most turnover.
Banks saw renewed interest and nearly all banking shares closed up in the day.
The SEC considers this as an essential step to satisfy the needs of Islamic investors
Turnover was at 2.2 billion.
Browns Investments said it had reached an agreement to buy Lipton tea companies in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda
Most bank shares closed down, as well as several index heavyweights
Turnover was lower than the preceding week at 2.1 billion.
Sunshine Holdings will make further announcements on the dilution of its holding in the future
Turnover was considerably lower than the preceding days at 2.4 billion.
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