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Excess Liquidity, Small Forex Market Excess liquidity coupled with low volumes of foreign exchange traded have been continuing to bug markets here, which a source attributed as being are reflection of the low levels of economic activity taking place in the country. Despite a spike last Friday, the foreign exchange (forex) market has been averaging ...
- Liquidity, Reserves, Grant Space (Category: Breaking News)
- Money Market’s Illiquid Status Deepens (Category: Breaking News)
- ER Holds At Rs. 130 (Category: Breaking News)
- Liquidity Dries Up (Category: Breaking News)
The “drag down” of the bourse which began a couple of weeks ago will continue till the year end because of the holiday season that would lead to a further contraction in demand as a result. The “light at the end of the tunnel” may once more be seen if foreigners re-enter the market, a ...
- Foreign, Local Interest In Bourse (Category: Breaking News)
- Market Sentiment Weak (Category: Breaking News)
- Why Foreigners Shun Bourse (Category: Breaking News)
- Bourse rises to 2-month high on foreign buying (Category: Business)
President Rajapaksa as Minister of Finance presented the first budget in his second term as the Executive President, making proposals giving a major impetus to value addition of local industrial products, to improve export earnings while granting a wide range of concessions, increasing outsourcing facilities in Sri Lanka for foreign business enterprises. Thus the President, ...
- Sri Lanka’ Dipped Products net up on forex gains (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks gain with foreign inflows after interim budget announcement (Category: Breaking News)
- Development-oriented budget presented (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks end at 5-month high after IMF deal announcement (Category: Breaking News)
Government institutions such as the State administered EPF are believed to have had entered the market on Thursday by buying into blue chips across the board, thereby helping to push up the All Share Price Index (ASPI) by 92.58 points (1.43%) to 6,565 and the more sensitive Milanka Price Index (MPI
- Stock Begining (Category: Business)
- Foreign, Local Interest In Bourse (Category: Breaking News)
- New Broker (Category: Business)
- Colombo Bourse third best in the world (Category: Breaking News)
By Chamitha Kuruppu Reputed Economist and UNP Member of Parliament Dr. Harsha de Silva, while talking about the crony capitalism in the country, warns that the situation is only going to get worse within the new set up, where economic...
- The Cordial Relationships We want Between the Tamil and Sinhalese People have not been Built (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka President says ‘this is our last chance to forge ahead’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Government to consider restructuring domestic debt (Category: Breaking News)
- Once the Parliament approves IMF agreement, the main points will be passed into law – Sri Lanka ... (Category: Breaking News)
The bourse, affected by the 10% price ceiling on daily trading, and with no foreign investments in sight, saw the benchmark ASPI and the more sensitive MPI picking up by five and 13 points respectively on Friday’s trading (over that of Thursday’s close), according to provisional results. Turnover was Rs. 2.5 billion led by Aitken ...
Aug 18, Colombo: Sri Lanka Central Bank (CBSL) today dismissed an opposition party claim that the Employee's Provident Fund (EPF) does not have the authority to invest in banking and financial sector stocks listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
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