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Sri Lanka shares end higher

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, aided by gains in IT and financials stocks. The CSE All Share...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

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Sri Lankan shares end higher

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, aided mainly by gains in consumer staples and industrial ...

Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:43am

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Sri Lankan shares end higher

BENGALURU: Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, aided by gains in real estate and healthcare stocks. The CSE...

Published 23 Nov, 2024 06:19am

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Sri Lankan shares end higher

BENGALURU: Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, aided by gains in communication services and consumer staples...

Published 09 Nov, 2024 06:36am

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Sri Lanka shares end lower

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, hurt by industrials and communication services stocks. The CSE...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

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Sri Lanka shares end lower as utilities, energy slip

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Friday, dragged by utilities and energy stocks. The CSE All-Share index...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

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Sri Lanka shares end lower

BENGALURU: Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Thursday, dragged by losses in communication services stocks. The CSE...

Published 19 Jul, 2024 06:11am

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Sri Lanka aims to halve debt servicing costs, central bank chief says

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is committed to achieving debt sustainability at the earliest and aims to halve the servicing...

Published 07 May, 2024 02:41pm

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Sri Lanka shares end higher as consumer staples, industrials rise

Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Monday, aided by consumer staples and industrials stocks. The CSE All-Share index...

Published 29 Apr, 2024 04:54pm

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Sri Lankan shares end higher

BENGALURU: Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Thursday, driven by gains in financial and industrial stocks. The CSE...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am

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Sri Lankan shares end lower

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Tuesday, dragged down by the financial and industrial sectors. The CSE...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

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Sri Lankan shares snap three-week winning streak

Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Friday to snap a three-week winning streak, dragged down by weakness in consumers...

Published 03 Jun, 2022 04:50pm

World

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka seeking $3bn under IMF Extended Fund Facility

A $3 billion deal would represent almost four times the country’s quota with the IMF

Published 01 Jun, 2022 06:57pm

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Sri Lanka shares end lower as financials weigh

Sri Lankan shares closed lower for the sixth straight session on Tuesday, dragged down by financial stocks, as the...

Published 31 May, 2022 05:55pm

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Sri Lanka appoints nine new cabinet members

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka appointed nine new cabinet members on Friday, among them ministers for the critical portfolios of...

Published 20 May, 2022 12:24pm

World

Sri Lanka needs $75 million in next few days for essential imports: PM

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s prime minister said on Monday the country needed to secure $75 million in foreign exchange in...

Published 16 May, 2022 07:52pm

World

Sri Lanka finance minister says India, World Bank consider further $2bn credit line

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s finance minister said on Friday India and the World Bank are considering extending about $2...

Updated 29 Apr, 2022 05:35pm

World

Sri Lanka calls for restructure of $1bn debt and stability

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka must look at restructuring a $1 billion sovereign debt due for payment in July, the outgoing...

Published 07 Apr, 2022 07:42pm

World

Sri Lanka suffers long power cuts as currency shortage makes fuel scarce

COLOMBO: Businesses and households in Sri Lanka faced 10-hour-long power cuts on Wednesday as a deepening economic...

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:41pm

World

Sri Lanka govt panel says international financial assistance needed

COLOMBO: A Sri Lanka government-appointed committee on Monday said the crisis-hit country’s central bank and finance...

Published 21 Mar, 2022 09:05pm

World

Sri Lanka cancels school exams over paper shortage

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cancelled exams for millions of school students as the country ran out of printing paper with...

Published 19 Mar, 2022 03:07pm

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Sri Lanka to pay 20 rupees per dollar incentive to boost remittances

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka will pay an extra 20 rupees for every dollar sent by migrant workers ahead of its new year...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 07:41pm

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Sri Lankan shares end at record high as industrials gain

The CSE All-Share index settled 0.46% higher at 9,671 points, after scaling an all-time high of 9,687.95 points earlier in the day

Published 07 Oct, 2021 06:37pm

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Sri Lankan shares end at record high as financials gain

The CSE All-Share index settled 0.97% higher at 9,626.45

Published 06 Oct, 2021 06:01pm

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Sri Lankan shares log second straight weekly loss; nationwide curfew extended

The CSE All-Share index, which logged a weekly loss of 0.71%, was down 0.52% at 8,801.95 points at the closing bell on Friday

Published 17 Sep, 2021 06:16pm

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Sri Lankan shares end lower as industrials weigh

The CSE All-Share index, which is down 0.19% for the week, was down 0.93% at 8,848.04 points at the closing bell

Updated 16 Sep, 2021 05:33pm

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Sri Lankan shares end at record high, post best weekly gain in 7 months

The CSE All-Share index, which rose as much as 1.78% during the session, gave up most gains to close 0.12% higher at 8,931.33 points

Published 27 Aug, 2021 05:30pm

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Sri Lankan shares close at over 6-month high as financials surge

The CSE All-Share index ended up 2.2% at 8,667.95 points, the highest since Feb. 1

Published 24 Aug, 2021 05:25pm

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Sri Lankan shares end lower as country set to enter 10-day lockdown

The CSE All-Share index closed 0.24% lower at 8,240.06 points, but clocked in a weekly gain of 3.05% - its first in four

Updated 20 Aug, 2021 07:01pm

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Sri Lanka raises rates as rupee falls to record low

The bank said the move was to counter "imbalances" as the rupee falls against the dollar "and to preempt the buildup of any excessive inflationary pressures"

Updated 19 Aug, 2021 12:13pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 21	280.46
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 21	280.26
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 21	149.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 21	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 21	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 21	5,667.56
India Sensex / Mar 21	76,905.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 21	37,677.06
Nasdaq / Mar 21	17,784.05
Hang Seng / Mar 21	23,689.72
FTSE 100 / Mar 21	8,646.79
Dow Jones / Mar 21	41,985.35
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 21	22,891.68
France CAC40 / Mar 21	8,042.95

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 21	68.31
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 21	17,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 21	273,319
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 21	3,028.10
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 21	65.27
Petrol/Litre / Mar 23	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 23	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Ist.Capital Sec / Mar 21 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1.73 ▲ 0.25 (16.89%)
Lalpir Power / Mar 21 Lalpir Power Limited(LPL)	29.32 ▲ 2.67 (10.02%)
Bunnys Limited / Mar 21 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	23.16 ▲ 2.11 (10.02%)
Bela Auto / Mar 21 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	166.87 ▲ 15.17 (10%)
Sally Textile / Mar 21 Sally Textile Mills Limited(SLYT)	11 ▲ 1 (10%)
Agritech Limited / Mar 21 Agritech Limited(AGL)	73.59 ▲ 6.69 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Mar 21 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	122.16 ▲ 11.11 (10%)
Nishat Mills Ltd / Mar 21 Nishat Mills Limited(NML)	117.76 ▲ 10.71 (10%)
Suraj Cotton / Mar 21 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	122.32 ▲ 11.12 (10%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 21 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	27.96 ▲ 2.54 (9.99%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 21 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	126.06 ▼ -13.99 (-9.99%)
Khyber Textile / Mar 21 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	435.56 ▼ -47.57 (-9.85%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Mar 21 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	253.95 ▼ -27.73 (-9.84%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 21 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.80 ▼ -1 (-9.26%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 21 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73 ▼ -6.57 (-8.26%)
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 21 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	51.03 ▼ -4.08 (-7.4%)
Ellcot Spinning / Mar 21 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	110 ▼ -8.64 (-7.28%)
Askari Life Assur. / Mar 21 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	5 ▼ -0.39 (-7.24%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Mar 21 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.5 (-6.67%)
Quetta Textile / Mar 21 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	14.60 ▼ -0.99 (-6.35%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	163,976,906 ▼ -0.21
B.O.Punjab / Mar 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	45,899,654 ▼ -0.15
Pak Refinery / Mar 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,149,230 ▼ -0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Mar 21 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	26,183,687 ▲ 0.48
Sui South Gas / Mar 21 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,173,748 ▲ 0.42
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Mar 21 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	19,984,659 ▼ -1.09
Pak Elektron / Mar 21 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	19,229,211 ▼ -0.13
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 21 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	18,221,041 ▼ -0.25
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,981,776 ▼ -0.02
Hub Power Co. / Mar 21 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	14,711,439 ▼ -2.32

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