Saturday, 5 April 2003

SHARES
COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 4-4-2003

Company			Volume	Weighted	Open	High	Low	Weighted	Change
				Avg.				Avg.Close(Rs.)
				Previous	
				Close
Main Board
A. Spen. Hot. Hold.		6,100	45.00	45.00	45.00	44.75	45.00	-
Abans			2,100	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	-
ACL			1,200	40.75	40.75	40.75	40.75	40.75	-
ACME			2,800	6.25	6.50	6.75	6.50	6.75	0.50
Agalawatte			3,000	11.75	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	(0.25)
Aitken Spence		50,500	143.00	147.00	150.00	146.75	147.00	4.00
Ascot			78,500	5.00	5.25	5.50	5.25	5.25	0.25
Asia Capital		373,600	7.25	7.50	8.00	7.50	8.00	0.75
Asian Hotels		150,600	11.25	11.50	11.75	11.50	11.50	0.25
Asiri			12,000	19.00	19.50	20.00	19.50	20.00	1.00
Bairaha Farms		1,000	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	-
Balangoda			300	16.00	16.00	16.25	16.00	16.25	0.25
Bata			200	9.00	9.25	9.25	9.25	9.25	0.25
Blue Diamonds		34,100	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	-
Bogala Graphite		600	6.00	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	(0.50)
Bogawantalawa		500	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	-
C T Land			1,900	6.25	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	0.25
Caltex			98,800	103.25	105.00	107.00	105.00	107.00	3.75
Central Finance		46,500	101.00	104.00	105.25	104.00	105.25	4.25
Ceylinco Ins.		3,100	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	-
Ceylinco Sec.		28,600	7.50	7.50	7.75	7.50	7.75	0.25
Ceylinco Seylan		1,000	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	-
Ceylon Glass Co.		5,000	20.50	21.00	21.00	20.75	21.00	0.50
Ceylon Holiday		300	31.75	30.50	31.00	30.50	30.75	(1.00)
Ceylon Inv.		100	80.00	82.00	82.00	82.00	82.00	2.00
Ceylon Oxygen		300	94.25	98.00	98.00	98.00	98.00	3.75
Ceylon Tobacco		12,500	41.50	46.00	46.00	41.75	42.00	0.50
CF Venture Fund		18,800	4.75	5.00	5.25	5.00	5.00	0.25
CFT			1,000	30.00	30.25	30.25	30.25	30.25	0.25
CIC			1,300	125.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	5.00
CIC (NV)			100	109.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	1.00
Cold Stores 8/-		26,300	105.00	105.00	105.25	105.00	105.25	0.25
Colombo Land 1/-		10,000	2.25	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	(0.25)
Colonial Mtr 5/-		1,500	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	-
Comm. Leasing		200	40.00	41.50	41.50	41.50	41.50	1.50
Commercial Bank		30,300	200.25	203.00	205.00	200.00	200.00	(0.25)
Commercial Bank (NV)		61,400	153.00	158.75	158.75	153.00	153.50	0.50
Dankotuwa Porcel		3,200	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	-
DFCC			9,200	156.75	157.00	157.00	156.00	156.75	-
Dipped Products		5,300	54.25	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	0.75
Distilleries 1/-		421,900	9.75	10.00	10.25	10.00	10.00	0.25
Dockyard			30,700	25.00	25.75	27.00	25.75	26.00	1.00
Eagle Insurance		200	76.00	75.50	75.50	75.50	75.50	(0.50)
Eden Hotel Lanka		3,000	8.75	9.00	9.25	9.00	9.25	0.50
Equity			500	14.75	14.50	14.75	14.50	14.75	-
Equity Two Ltd		300	9.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	(2.00)
Galadari			1,900	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	-
Grain Elevators		20,300	16.50	17.00	17.00	16.75	17.00	0.50
Hapugastenne		1,600	7.75	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	0.25
Hayleys			24,100	128.00	129.75	135.00	129.75	135.00	7.00
Hayleys Exports		100	53.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	2.00
HNB			23,200	77.00	77.00	81.00	77.00	80.50	3.50
HNB (NV)			33,100	48.00	49.25	51.00	49.25	50.75	2.75
Hotel Sigiriya		1,800	20.00	20.50	20.75	20.50	20.75	0.75
Hunas Falls		300	11.00	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	0.50
Hunters 1/-		500	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	-
James Finlay		700	40.00	40.00	42.00	40.00	41.50	1.50
JKH			166,700	74.00	74.00	75.75	74.00	75.00	1.00
Kahawatte			9,000	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	-
Kegalle			8,000	11.00	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	0.50
Kelani Tyres		69,300	9.00	9.25	9.25	9.00	9.00	-
Kelani Valley		95,200	12.50	12.50	12.75	12.50	12.50	-
Kotagala			4,500	6.00	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	0.50
Lanka Cement		11,700	7.50	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	0.50
Lanka Hospitals		8,400	17.00	17.25	17.50	17.00	17.25	0.25
Lanka Tiles		1,100	36.00	37.00	37.00	37.00	37.00	1.00
Lanka Ventures		5,000	8.00	8.25	8.50	8.25	8.25	0.25
Lanka Walltile		112,200	33.00	34.25	35.00	34.25	35.00	2.00
LB Finance			9,900	12.00	12.25	12.25	12.00	12.25	0.25
Lion Brewery		50,000	65.00	65.50	65.50	65.50	65.50	0.50
LMF			72,100	10.50	10.50	11.00	10.50	11.00	0.50
Madulsima			4,300	8.00	8.25	8.50	8.00	8.50	0.50
Malwatte			2,000	10.25	10.25	10.25	10.25	10.25	-
Merchant Bank		56,400	5.50	5.50	5.75	5.50	5.50	-
Namunukula		400	6.75	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	0.25
Nat.Dev.Bank		542,500	87.75	88.00	88.50	87.00	88.00	0.25
Nations Trust XD		206,300	15.50	15.50	16.00	15.50	16.00	0.50
NDB Bank			43,000	13.25	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	0.25
Overseas Realty		3,000	3.75	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	0.25
PDL			5,400	17.50	18.00	19.75	18.00	19.50	2.00
Pelwatte			5,000	5.25	575	5.75	5.75	5.75	0.50
People�s Merch		100	12.50	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	0.50
Renuka City Hot.		200	57.00	61.00	61.00	61.00	61.00	4.00
Royal Ceramics		8,500	15.00	15.25	15.25	15.25	15.25	0.25
Royal Palms		600	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.25	14.25	(0.25)
Samapth XD		18,900	67.25	69.00	71.00	69.00	70.00	2.75
Seylan Bank		53,800	48.00	48.50	50.50	48.50	50.25	2.25
Seylan Merchant		1,300	5.00	5.25	5.50	5.25	5.50	0.50
Singer Sri Lanka		1,000	45.25	46.00	46.00	46.00	46.00	0.75
Stafford XD			400	6.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	1.00
Taj Lanka			200	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	-
Talawakelle		2,600	13.00	13.00	13.50	13.00	13.25	0.25
Telecom			1,378,500	12.00	12.00	13.25	12.00	13.25	1.25
The Finance Co.		900	1600	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	-
Tokyo Cement		700	83.00	84.50	87.00	84.00	87.00	4.00
Trans Asia			200	37.00	37.00	37.00	37.00	37.00	-
Union Assurance		900	31.00	31.00	31.00	31.00	31.00	-
United Motors		500	33.25	33.25	33.25	33.25	33.25	-
Vanik Incorp Ltd		71,700	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	-
W.M.Mendis		1,000	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	-
York Arcade		9,900	6.25	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	0.75

Second Board

Marawila Resorts		1,000	3.75	4.25	4.25	4.25	4.25	0.50
Tess Agro			33,400	9.00	9.25	9.50	9.25	9.50	0.50
Touchwood			500	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	-
Udapussellawa		2,000	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	-

Default Board

Ferntea Ltd			200	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	-
Fort Land 3/-		5,000	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	-
Lanka Ceramic		1,000	17.00	17.50	17.50	17.50	17.50	0.50
Lankem Ceylon		3,000	8.50	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	0.25
Mullers			20,000	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	-


Price Indices - 		Today�s		Previous
			Close		Close

CSE All Share Index		774.8		754.2
Milanka Index		1,325.6		1,298.2

Turnover:

Value (Rs.)			161,190,908	189,460,243
Shares (No.)		4,758,444		7,161,757
Trades (No.)		1,415		1,102

Debt

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

400	HNB			100.25	0.11	0.25	-	1
	(13.5% USRD-2003)
2,000	HNB			100.25	10.78	1.25	-	1
	(14.2% USRD-2003)
6,630	HNB			100.00	1.77	-	-	4
	(13.75% USRD-2002/2007)
500	Seylan Bank		98.00	0.12	-	17.00	1
	(15% USRD-2001/2006)


Dividends

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

Mercantile Leasing	7.5% 			First & Final	Dates to be
							notified

Millers		45%	 Interim	 	22.04.2003	05.05.2003
		(Tax Free)

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