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Sri Lankan shares end higher as industrial, material stocks gain

The benchmark stock index ended 0.10% higher at 7,588.34, having slumped as much as 2.57% earlier. The index has shed 5.1% over the last two sessions.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index fell to 113.7 million, from 117.4 million in the previous session.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 07:26pm

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Sri Lankan shares close at over 1-mth low as financials, industrials decline

The benchmark stock index slumped 4.13% to end at 7,580.91, its lowest closing level since Jan. 13.
Shares of Conglomerate Hayleys plunged 90.3% to be the biggest drag on the index, followed by an 18.3% fall in shares of Lanka Orix Leasing Company.

Published 16 Feb, 2021 05:37pm

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Sri Lankan shares end lower as financials, consumer stocks weigh

The benchmark stock index fell 0.97% to 7,907.27 at the end of the trading session after having closed 5.1% firmer on Friday.
The Sri Lankan rupee was last quoted at 194 against the US dollar.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 07:26pm

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Sri Lankan shares recover sharply to end 5pc higher

The benchmark stock index ended up 5.1% at 7,985. Still, it shed 3.5% for the week, but is up 17.9% so far this year.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index fell to 184.8 million from 198 million in the previous session.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 06:31pm

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Sri Lankan shares extend losses, rupee falls

The benchmark stock index closed down 1.8% at 7,963.77. The index is up 17.6% for the year so far.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index fell to 128.8 million, from 142.8 million in the previous session.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 05:03pm

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Sri Lankan shares drop most in nearly four months as financials, industrials fall

Sri Lanka's CSE All Share Index ended 6.56% lower at 8,005.32, its biggest one-day fall since Oct. 5 last year and its second worst daily performance since late 2005.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index fell to 232.8 million from 2.87 billion in the previous session.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 07:11pm

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Sri Lankan shares slip for second day, rupee falls

Sri Lanka's benchmark stock index ended 1.17% lower at 8,567.07.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index rose to 2.87 billion from 336 million in the previous session.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 06:41pm

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Sri Lankan shares slip from record highs, consumer staples weigh

The benchmark stock index ended down 0.33% at 8,665.82, after touching an all-time high of 8798.38 earlier in the session.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index fell to 828.7 million from 995.6 million in the previous session.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:15pm

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Sri Lankan shares end at record high as industrial, financial stocks gain

Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index rose to 995.6 million from 590.4 million in the previous session.
Conglomerates John Keells Holding Plc and LOLC were the top boosts to the index, rising 7.6% and 8.2%, respectively.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 06:40pm

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Sri Lankan shares end at record high on optimism over AstraZeneca's virus vaccine nod

The benchmark stock index ended up 4.09% at 8,463.43. The index gained 9.4% for the week, its best weekly performance since May 2009.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index rose to 590.37 million from 377.65 million in the previous session.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 06:27pm

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Sri Lankan shares end at record high on industrial, financial boost

Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading 601.4 million rupees ($3.08 million) worth of shares, according to exchange data.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 06:29pm

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Financial, industrial stocks raise Sri Lankan shares about 1pc higher

Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index fell to 287.96 million from 690.06 million in the previous session.
Holding company Hayleys Plc and investment company Vallibel One Plc were the top boosts to the index, gaining 14.5% and 10.1%, respectively.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 06:34pm

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Sri Lankan shares end higher for tenth straight session

The benchmark stock index closed up 1.18% at 7,203.63, its highest closing level since September 2015.
Browns Investments Plc and conglomerate Expolanka Holdings Plc were the top boosts to the index, ending up 13.9% and 13.7%, respectively.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 06:35pm

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Sri Lankan shares close at over 5-year high on consumer staples rally

The CSE All Share Index ended up 0.83% at 7,036.76, its highest closing level since November 2015.
The index gained 10.5% in 2020, its best performance since 2014.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 07:30pm

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Sri Lankan shares end at more than 5-year high on consumer staples boost

The CSE All Share Index ended up 1.22% at 6,978.86, its highest closing level since early November 2015.
The index gained 10.5% in 2020, its best performance since 2014.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 07:34pm

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Sri Lankan shares close at five-year high on consumer staples boost

The CSE All Share Index ended up 1.78% at 6,894.98, its highest closing level since early Dec. 2015.
We will remain focused on maintaining market interest rates at single digit levels going forward.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 05:24pm

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Sri Lankan shares end 2020 near five-year high, post best year since 2014

The CSE All Share Index ended up 0.39% at 6,774.22 on Thursday.
Trading volume on the index rose to 187.07 million from 146.28 million on Wednesday.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 06:23pm

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Sri Lankan shares end at over 3-year high on gains in industrials, financials

The benchmark stock index ended up 0.29% at 6,704.89, its highest closing level since July 2017.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index, however, fell to 59.94 million from 67.82 million on Thursday.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 06:11pm

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Sri Lankan shares rise for eighth week as consumer staples stocks gain

The benchmark stock index ended up 0.9% at 6,685.64. It is up 9.1% so far this year.
Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc and Nestle Lanka Plc were the biggest boosts to the index, ending up 2.8% and 4.1%, respectively.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 05:31pm

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Sri Lankan shares slip as financial stocks drag

The benchmark stock index ended down 0.1% at 6,629.02. It is up 8.2% so far this year.
Carson Cumberbatch Plc and Ceylon Tobacco were the biggest boosts to the index, ending up 4% and 0.7%, respectively.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 06:31pm

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Sri Lankan shares rise as industrials, materials stocks rally

The benchmark stock index ended up 0.2% at 6,634.92. The index is up 8.3% for the year so far.
Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index was 939.24 million compared to 94.14 million on Monday.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 06:11pm

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Sri Lankan shares end lower dragged by consumer discretionary stocks

Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index, when compared to the last full trading day, was at 116.52 million from 610.33 million.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 06:12pm

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Sri Lankan shares see worst day in a month as consumer staples, industrials drag

Ceylon Tobacco Company Plc and Browns Investment Plc were the biggest drags to the index, losing 2.3pc and 4.9pc, respectively.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 05:22pm

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Sri Lankan shares extend rally on consumer staples strength

The benchmark stock index ended up marginally at 6,614.56 and has gained 7.9pc so far this year.

Published 11 Dec, 2020 05:06pm

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Sri Lankan shares hit over 3-year high on consumer staples, industrials strength

Trading volume on the CSE All Share index, when compared to the last full trading day, was at 599.6 million from 326.2 million in the previous session.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 06:47pm

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Sri Lankan shares rise for 11th session as financial, industrial stocks gain

The benchmark stock index ended up 1.39pc at 6,564, its highest closing level since Feb. 23, 2018.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 06:24pm

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Sri Lankan shares extend rally as energy, consumer stocks drive gains

Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading 357.8 million Sri Lankan rupees ($1.93 million) worth of shares, according to exchange data.

Published 04 Dec, 2020 05:58pm

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Sri Lankan shares close flat as industrials weigh

The benchmark stock index ended 0.01% lower at 6,108.22, after rising to 6,143.34 during the session.
Conglomerate Richard Pieris and Company PLC slid 3.9% to its lowest since Nov. 5.

Published 18 Nov, 2020 06:17pm

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Sri Lankan shares rise as government aims to cut fiscal deficit

The benchmark stock index ended 0.53% higher at 6,108.93.
Sri Lanka's dollar bonds surged after the finance minister's comments, with the July 2021 issue reaching a seven-week high.

Published 17 Nov, 2020 05:42pm

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Sri Lankan shares slip for third day as financials, consumer goods weigh

The benchmark stock index ended 0.09% lower at 6,076.92.
A 4.1% gain in conglomerate Hemas Holdings Plc curbed some losses in the benchmark index.

Published 16 Nov, 2020 05:34pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 11	278.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 11	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 11	157.27
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 11	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 11	1.27
Euro to USD / Jun 11	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 10	5360.79
Nasdaq / Jun 10	17193.59
Dow Jones / Jun 10	38868.04
India Sensex / Jun 11	76698.22
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 11	39134.79
Hang Seng / Jun 11	18215.57
FTSE 100 / Jun 11	8162.25
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 11	18407.10

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 10	205247
Petrol/Litre / Jun 11	268.36
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 11	77.82
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 11	19935
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 11	2303.89
Diesel/Litre / Jun 11	270.22

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 11 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jun 11 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jun 11 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jun 11 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jun 11 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jun 11 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jun 11 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jun 11 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jun 11 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 11 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jun 11 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 11 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jun 11 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jun 11 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jun 11 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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