The broader index managed to close in positive ground helped by gains on Ceylon Tobacco Company and John Keells Holdings. Turnover was dominated by premier blue-chip John Keells Holdings and a handful of leading banking & financial sector counters.
ASI gained 3.75 points (0.07%) to close at 5,750.24 and the S&P SL20 index lost 0.97 points (0.03%) to close at 3,132.90. Turnover was Rs. 727.7Mn.
Top contributors to turnover were Commercial Bank with Rs. 258.6Mn, John Keells Holdings with Rs. 182.6Mn and Sampath Bank with Rs. 62.9Mn. Most active counters for the day were Panasian Power, John Keells Holdings and Commercial Bank.
Notable gainers for the day were Ceylon Tobacco Company up by 2.7% to close at Rs. 875.00, Sinhaputhra Finance up by 2.5% to close at Rs. 83.00 and Central Finance up by 1.9% to close at Rs. 180.00. Notable losers for the day were CT Land down by 5.9% to close at Rs. 24.00, Shaw Wallace down by 5.1% to close at Rs. 260.00 and Capital Partners down by 4.6% to close at Rs. 50.00.
Cash map for today was 40.55%. Foreign participation was 55% of total market turnover whilst net foreign buying was Rs. 190.6Mn.
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