"Human emotion is both the source of opportunity in
trading and the greatest challenge. Master it and you will succeed. Ignore it at your peril." - Richard Dennis
Thursday, 21 February 2013
LSL Market Review 21st Feb 2013
John Keells Holdings was the bright light in a sluggish
market as it helped to minimize the losses on the indices. It reached a 52-week
high of Rs. 235.30 with a block trade done at Rs. 235.00 whilst also
contributing around 68% of the turnover. Today’s price appreciation was driven
by foreign interest. Banking stalwart Sampath Bank saw its share value plummet
by Rs. 7.40 or 3.16% to Rs. 227.00. The counter’s price was partly driven by
foreign accumulation and interest in the very recent past.
ASI dipped 4.43 points (0.08%) to close at 5,726.11 and the
S&P SL20 index lost 5.35 points (0.17%) to close at 3,219.50. Turnover was
Rs. 484.4Mn.
Top contributors to turnover were John Keells Holdings with
Rs. 327.6Mn, Commercial Bank with Rs. 19.0Mn and Dialog Axiata with Rs. 15.6Mn.
Most active counters for the day were John Keells Holdings, Touchwood
Investments and PC House.
Notable gainers for the day were SLT up by 3.5% to close at
Rs. 44.90, Regnis up by 3.4% to close at Rs. 61.00 and Kotmale Holdings up by
2.9% to close at Rs. 35.50. Notable losers for the day were CIC Holdings down
by 5.2% to close at Rs. 58.80, PC House down by 4.3% to close at Rs. 4.50 and
Citrus Kalpitiya down by 3.3% to close at Rs. 5.90.
Cash map for today was a disappointing 29.96%. Foreign
participation was 43.47% of total market turnover with net foreign buying at
Rs. 296.6Mn.
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