Best & Worst Trades of All Time

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Quote for the day

“Successful speculation implies taking risk when the odds are in your favor. Just like in poker, where you have to know which hands to bet on, in trading you have to know when the odds are in your favour.” - Victor Sperandeo

22-Aug-2014 CSE Trade Summary

Company Fact Sheet: Agalawatte Plantations PLC - AGAL:N0000

About the company:

Established: 1992                                      Quoted Date: 1996-01-22     Sector: Plantations

Agalawatte Plantations PLC is a Sri Lanka-based company engaged in the cultivation, production, processing and sale of tea, rubber and oil palm, as well as selected non-crop diversification initiatives. As of December 31, 2013, the Company's parent undertaking and managing entity was Mackwoods Plantations (Pvt) Ltd., while its ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party was Mackwoods (Pvt) Ltd. As of the same date, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary was Mackply Industries (Pvt) Ltd, which was involved in the production and sale of plywood products. The Company also had investment in one jointly controlled entity, AEN Palm Oil Processing (Pvt) Ltd., as well as two associates, namely Mackwoods Rubber Products (Pvt) Ltd. and Taprospa Resorts (Pvt) Ltd.

Chairman: Dr C.N.A. Nonis 

Board of Directors:
Mr L.L. Samarasinghe 
Mr F.L. Fonseka 
Mr R.K.M. Ng 
Dr W.S. Ng  (Alternative Director to Mr. R.K.M.Ng)
Mr S.C.J. Devendra 
Mrs S.M.A. Nonis Ranaweera
Mrs N.S.M. Samaratunga 
Mr S.N. Guneratne  (Independent Non Executive Director)
Mr R.T. de Sylva  (Independent Non Executive Director)

52 Weeks Low: 21.00                                                                    52 Weeks High: 29.50

Average Trading Volume: 3,350

Company Financial at a glance:

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Total shares in Issue as at 30-06-2014: 25,000,000

Top 20 Shareholders as at 30/06/2014

The percentage of Shares held by the Public as at 30th June 2014 was 24.92%.

The percentage of Foreign Holding as at 31st July 2014 was 15.77%

Quote for the day

“Just as a doctor would be foolish not to use X-rays and ECGs, investors would be foolish not to use charts. Charts provide valuable information about what is going on that cannot be obtained easily any other way. They allow you to follow a huge number of different stocks in an organized manner.” - William O' Neill

21-Aug-2014 CSE Trade Summary

Company Fact Sheet: Taprobane Holdings PLC - TAP:N0000

About the company:

Established: 2006                                      Quoted Date: 2012-05-17            Sector: 
Diversified

Taprobane Holdings PLC (‘the Company’) is a public quoted company domiciled in Sri Lanka. The company operated as the Investments Holding Company of the Group and is presently engaged in carrying out investment activities. The Company's subsidiaries include Taprobane Securities (Pvt) Ltd, Taprobane Investments (Pvt) Ltd,Taprobane Wealth Plus (Pvt) Ltd, Heron Agro Products (Pvt) Ltd and Lexinton Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. The Company's sub-subsidiaries include Lexinton Financial Services (Pvt) Ltd, Lexinton Resorts (Pvt) Ltd and Taprobane Plantations Ltd.

Chairperson: Ms R.L. Nanayakkara

Deputy Chairman: Mr A.L. Devasurendra 

General Manager / CEO: Mr R. Sugathadasa 

Board of Directors:
Mr D.A.B. Dassanayake 

Mr R.R. Anthony 

Mr P.D.J. Fernando 

Mr D.W.P. Upali

Mr A.G. Weerasinghe 

52 Weeks Low: 2.40                                                              52 Weeks High: 4.39 (Adjusted to Rights Issue)

Average Trading Volume: 134,770

Company Financial at a glance:

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History of Rights Issues:

History of Scrip Dividend:

Total shares in Issue as at 30-06-2014: 1002,724,815

Top 20 Shareholders as at 30/06/2014

The percentage of Shares held by the Public as at 30th June 2014 was 11.95%.

The percentage of Foreign Holding as at 31st July 2014 was 0.11%