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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Sri Lankan shares post weekly fall as virus takes toll

The CSE All-Share index ended 0.19% higher at 7,996.04. The index notched its third straight week of losses, falling 1.27%
Trading volume on the exchange fell to 162.7 million, from 208.4 million in the previous session

Published 13 Aug, 2021 06:07pm

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Sri Lankan shares slump as country sees highest single-day COVID-19 death toll

The CSE All-Share index ended 1.42% lower at 7,980.91
Trading volume on the exchange rose to 208.4 million shares from 121.4 million shares in the previous session

Updated 12 Aug, 2021 06:33pm

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Sri Lankan shares end lower as industrials, financials weigh

The CSE All-Share index fell 2.4% to 8,011.94, its biggest percentage loss since April 20 this year
Trading volume on the exchange fell to 242.7 million shares from 245.01 million shares in the previous session

Updated 05 Aug, 2021 06:30pm

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Industrials, financials drag Sri Lankan shares lower

The CSE All-Share index fell 0.15% to 8,210.31.
Trading volume on the exchange fell to 245.01 million shares from 282.3 million shares in the previous session.

Published 04 Aug, 2021 05:47pm

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Sri Lankan shares end higher as industrials, consumer staples gain

The island nation reported 1,940 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, bringing its total confirmed cases to 301,832, while deaths rose by 63 to a total of 4,258.

Published 29 Jul, 2021 05:56pm

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Sri Lankan shares end flat as financials offset gains in industrial stocks

The CSE All-Share index ended up 0.05% at 8,096.98.
Trading volume on the exchange fell to 75.1 million shares from 146.6 million shares in the previous session.

Updated 28 Jul, 2021 05:28pm

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Sri Lankan shares end higher for fifth day as industrials gain

The CSE All-Share index settled up 0.59% at 7,986.45. The index has gained 1.71% so far this week.
Trading volume on the exchange fell to 114.2 million shares, from 126.6 million shares in the previous session.

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:34pm

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Sri Lanka shares end flat; losses in industrial stocks weigh

The CSE All-Share index ended 0.03% lower at 7,792.21. On Monday the index added 0.6% mostly boosted by financial stocks
Losses in industrial stocks weighed on the index, with conglomerate John Keells Holdings falling 2.2%. It was among the top drags on the index.

Published 06 Jul, 2021 07:37pm

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Sri Lanka shares extend gains boosted by financial stocks

The CSE All-Share index ended up 0.62% at 7,794.21. Last week, it fell 0.8%.
Financial stocks LOLC Development Finance and Commercial Leasing & Finance were among the top boosts to the index, rising 21.8% and 8.1%, respectively.

Published 05 Jul, 2021 06:39pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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