Indices
gained helped by Hatton National Bank, Commercial Bank, Carson Cumberbatch and
Bukit Darah. Ceylon Tobacco Company saw its shares sliding today whilst John
Keells Holdings and National Development Bank saw their share prices reaching
52-week highs. Turnover was a paltry site as institutions were having an
off-day.
ASI gained
3.48 points (0.06%) to close at 5,708.01 and the S&P SL20 index gained 7.77
points (0.24%) to close at 3,270.21. Turnover was Rs. 309.4Mn.
Top
contributors to turnover were John Keells Holdings with Rs. 63.8Mn, Hatton
National Bank with Rs. 49.7Mn and Hemas Holdings with Rs. 18.5Mn. Most active
counters for the day were Panasian Power, Commercial Bank and Hatton National
Bank non-voting.
Notable
gainers for the day were Ascot Holdings up by 22.3% to close at Rs. 168.70,
Panasian Power up by 7.7% to close at Rs. 2.80 and Amana Takaful up by 6.7% to
close at Rs. 1.60. Notable losers for the day were Central Investments &
Finance down by 3.6% to close at Rs. 2.70, PC house down by 3.2% to close at
Rs. 3.00 and DFCC down by 2.3% to close at Rs. 120.10.
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for today was 46.11%. Foreign participation was 26.96% of total market turnover
whilst net foreign selling was Rs. 5.92Mn.
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