Colombo Stock Exchange

Tuesday, 25 March 2003

SHARES
COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 24-03-2003

Company			Volume	Previous	Day’s	High	Low	Close	Change
				Close	Open				(Rs.)

Main Board

A.Spen.Hot.Hold.		400	45.00	42.00	42.00	42.00	42.00	(3.00)
Aitken Spence		100	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	-
Ascot			15,500	4.75	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	0.25
Asia Capital		3,800	7.25	7.25	7.25	7.00	7.00	(0.25)
Asian Hotels		27,100	10.50	10.25	10.25	10.25	10.25	(0.25)
Autodrome 100/-		200	215.00	250.00	250.00	250.00	250.00	35.00
Bairaha Farms		500	5.50	5.25	5.50	5.25	5.50	-
Blue Diamonds		500	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	-
Bogala Graphite		1,200	5.50	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	0.25
C T Land			2,500	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	-
Caltex XD			6,400	103.00	103.00	103.00	102.50	102.75	(0.25)
Central Finance XD		1,200	98.00	99.00	100.00	99.00	100.00	2.00
Central Sec.		1,000	9.50	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	0.50
Ceylinco Seylan		1,600	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	-
Ceylon Tobacco		5,500	40.75	41.00	41.50	41.00	41.00	0.25
CF Venture Fund		400	4.50	4.25	4.25	4.25	4.25	(0.25)
CIC (NV) XD		6,500	105.00	108.00	108.00	108.00	108.00	3.00
Comm. Leasing		100	35.25	35.25	35.25	35.25	35.25	-
Commercial Bank XD		100	173.00	174.00	174.00	174.00	174.00	1.00
Confifi Hotel		200	25.25	25.25	25.25	25.25	25.25	-
Dankotuwa Porcel		300	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	-
DFCC			48,900	135.00	135.00	135.00	132.00	132.00	(3.00)
Dipped Products		4,100	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	-
Distilleries 1/-		4,200	8.25	8.25	8.25	8.25	8.25	-
Equity			3,800	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	-
Galadari			1,100	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	-
Grain Elevator		24,400	15.25	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	(0.25)
HNB (NV)			4,400	46.00	46.50	46.50	45.00	45.25	(0.75)
Hotel Sigiriya		1,400	20.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	(1.00)
Hunas Falls		300	10.00	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	0.50
Hunters 1/-		2,000	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	-
James Finlay		80,600	42.50	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	(2.50)
JKH			7,200	67.00	67.25	67.25	66.00	66.75	(0.25)
Kelani Tyres		47,300	8.50	8.50	8.75	8.50	8.50	-
Lanka Cement		11,300	6.50	6.25	6.25	6.00	6.25	(0.25)
Lanka Hospitals		6,000	16.50	16.75	16.75	16.75	16.75	0.25
Lanka Tiles		200	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	-
Lanka Ventures		26,400	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	-
LB Finance			300	12.00	11.75	11.75	11.75	11.75	(0.25)
Lee Hedges		20,000	45.00	46.00	46.00	40.00	40.25	(4.75)
Lion Brewery		600	66.00	65.75	65.75	65.75	65.75	(0.25)
LMF			4,000	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	-
LOLC			5,400	72.75	72.00	74.00	72.00	73.75	1.00
Madulsima			5,000	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	-
Malwatte			100	10.00	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	0.50
Merchant Bank		6,000	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	-
MLL			100	18.00	17.50	17.50	17.50	17.50	(0.50)
Namunukula		200	8.25	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	(1.25)
Nat. Dev. Bank		22,600	79.00	79.50	80.00	79.50	79.50	0.50
Nations Trust		5,600	15.00 	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	0.50
NDB Bank			3,100	12.75	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	0.25
Nestle			500	50.25	50.00	50.00	50.00	50.00	(0.25)
On’ally			800	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	-
People’s Merch		100	12.75	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	(0.75)
Printcare (Cey)		1,500	12.00	12.75	12.75	12.75	12.75	0.75
Rich Pieris Exp		100	25.00	23.75	23.75	23.75	23.75	(1.25)
Riverina Hotels		500	22.25	22.25	22.25	22.25	22.25	-
Royal Ceramics		13,800	14.75	15.00	15.00	14.75	15.00	0.25
Sampath XD		500	66.25	65.25	65.25	65.00	65.25	(1.00)
Seylan Bank XD		5,300	47.00	47.00	47.00	47.00	47.00	-
Seylan Merchant		1,500	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	5.25	-
Taj Lanka			1,600	5.75	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	0.25
Tangerine			500	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	-
Tea Services		1,000	110.00	105.00	105.00	105.00	105.00	(5.00)
Tea Smallholder		10,000	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.50	-
Telecom			31,700	11.00	11.00	11.25	11.00	11.00	-
The Finance Co.		200	14.75	15.00	15.25	15.00	15.25	0.50
Union Assurance XD		1,100	31.00	31.00	31.00	30.50	30.50	(0.50)
Vanik Incorp Ltd		6,000	0.70	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.10
Vanik Incorp Ltd (Non Voting)	117,100	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	-

DEFAULT BOARD
Ferntea Ltd			100	9.50	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	(2.50)
Fort Land 3/-		133,800	3.00	3.00	3.25	3.00	3.00	-
Hotels Corp 2/-		1,000	78.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	(3.00)

Price Indices - 		Today’s		Previous
			Close		Close

CSE All Share Index		713.7		715.6
Milanka Index		1,200.9		1,204.0


Turnover:

Value (Rs.)			19,677,279	37,500,850
Shares (No.)		751,001		974,917
Trades (No.)		316		427

Debt

Qty.	Security		Price	Interest	Change		Trds
			level		(+)	(-)	

500	HNB		100.00	1.40	3.00	-	1
	(14.20% USRD02/12)
2,500	Seylan Bank	100.00	3.19	-	-	2
	(USRD-14.2%-2004)	XD


Dividends

Company Name	Dividend Percentage	XD Date		Date of Payment	Closure of Books

Talawakelle Plantations 7.5% First & Final	08.04.2003	24.04.2003	Kept Open
Light House Hotel	 8% First & Final	06.06.2003	18.06.2003	Kept Open
	(Tax Exempt)
Hunas Falls Hotel	 3% First & Final	11.06.2003	21.06.2003	Kept Open

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