John Keells Holdings dominated proceedings at the CSE today
(Friday) whilst gains on Ceylon Tobacco Company, Hatton National Bank and
National Development bank helped to bolster the indices. Institutional
and high net-worth activity was seen on counters such as Browns Investments and
Sampath Bank. Today saw one of the least amounts of losers for this calendar
year indicating high spirits in the market.
ASI gained 36.22 points (0.65%) to close at 5,607.13, MPI
gained 59.34 points (1.17%) to close at 5,120.17 and the S&P SL20 index
gained 8.62 points (0.28%) to close at 3,068.99. Turnover was Rs. 930.6Mn.
Top contributors to turnover were John Keells Holdings with
Rs. 527.3Mn, Browns Investments with Rs. 107.4Mn and Sampath Bank with Rs.
91.6Mn. Most active counters were Nation Lanka Finance, HVA Foods and Citrus
Leisure warrants 19.
Notable gainers for the day were Mullers up by 12.5% to
close at Rs. 1.80, Citrus Leisure up by 12.2% to close at Rs. 27.70 and Tess
Agro up by 8.7% to close at Rs. 2.50. Notable losers for the day were Sierra
Cables down by 4.0% to close at Rs. 2.40, Asiya Siyaka Commodities down by 2.0%
to close at Rs. 5.00 and Commercial Credit down by 1.8% to close at Rs.
16.00.
Cash map for today (excl crossings) was 51.85%. Foreign participation
was 35% of total market turnover whilst net foreign inflow was Rs. 620Mn.
