Saturday, 30 August 2003

SHARES
COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 28-8-2003

Security 			Volume	**V.W.A.	Open	High	Low	**V.W.A.	Change
				Previous				Todays	(Rs.)
				Close				Close
Main Board

A. Spen. Hot. Hold		63,200	65.75	67.00	67.00	67.00	67.00	1.25
Agalawatte			100	15.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	2.00
Aitken Spence		209,700	225.00	227.00	237.00	227.00	235.50	10.50
Alliance			400	65.50	65.50	65.50	65.50	65.50	-
AMW			100	82.00	82.00	82.00	82.00	82.00	-
Arpico			100	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	-
Ascot			55,700	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	-
Asia Capital		27,400	10.50	10.50	10.75	10.50	10.75	0.25
Asian Hotels		1,655,600	17.25	17.25	17.75	17.25	17.50	0.25
Asiri			1,000	26.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	-
Bairaha Farms		301,000	14.75	14.75	15.50	14.75	15.50	0.75
Balangoda			400	16.00	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	(0.50)
Beruwala Walkinn		300	25.00	25.00	25.00	25.00	25.00	-
Blue Diamonds		43,100	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	-
Bogawantalawa		1,000	13.50	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	0.50
Browns Beach		500	13.00	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	(1.50)
C.W. Mackie & Co.		300	3.50	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.75	0.25
Caltex			220,400	211.25	212.00	220.00	211.25	214.75	3.50
Central Finance		1,500	203.50	203.50	203.50	201.00	202.75	(0.75)
Central Sec.		96,000	13.50	13.75	14.75	13.75	13.75	0.25
Ceylinco Housing XD		100	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	-
Ceylinco Ins.		3,200	32.00	31.00	32.00	31.00	32.00	-
Ceylinco Sec.		106,000	9.50	10.00	11.50	10.00	10.75	1.25
Ceylinco Seylan		37,800	3.25	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	(0.25)
Ceylon Glass Co.		23,800	25.00	26.00	28.00	26.00	27.50	2.50
Ceylon Inv. XC		1,000	87.00	87.00	87.00	87.00	87.00	-
Ceylon Oxygen		100	101.25	102.00	102.00	102.00	102.00	0.75
Ceylon Tobacco		4,800	42.25	42.25	43.00	42.00	42.00	(0.25)
CF Ventures Fund		15,700	5.00	5.00	5.25	5.00	5.25	0.25
CIT			12,000	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	-
Coco Lanka		1,400	20.50	20.25	20.25	20.25	20.25	(0.25)
Colombo Land 1/-		31,300	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	-
Commercial Bank		13,100	193.25	190.00	190.50	190.00	190.00	(3.25)
Confifi Hotel		14,800	47.25	45.25	45.25	45.00	45.25	(2.00)
Connaissance 		6,500	18.25	19.00	19.00	18.50	18.50	0.25
Dankotuwa Porcel		11,000	16.25	16.50	16.50	16.00	16.00	(0.25)
DFCC			17,100	271.00	272.00	272.00	270.00	270.00	(1.00)
Dimo			2,000	70.00	66.00	66.00	66.00	66.00	(4.00)
Dipped Products XC		3,700	97.50	95.25	97.50	95.25	97.50	-
Distilleries 1/-		37,300	25.75	25.75	25.75	25.50	25.50	(0.25)
Dockyard			5,100	22.75	22.25	22.50	22.25	22.25	(0.50)
Eagle Insurance		400	88.75	89.00	89.00	89.00	89.00	0.25
Eden Hotel Lanka		29,200	16.50	16.75	16.75	16.25	16.50	-
Grain Elevators		28,700	37.75	37.50	37.50	37.25	37.50	(0.25)
Hapugastenne		1,100	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	-
Haycarb			2,400	42.25	42.25	42.25	42.00	42.25	-
Hayleys XR			6,500	198.00	190.00	190.00	179.50	179.75	(18.25)
Hayleys Exports		400	55.25	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00	9.75
HNB			39,000	101.00	101.00	101.00	99.00	99.50	(1.50)
HNB (Non Voting)		31,200	59.75	60.00	60.00	59.00	59.25	(0.50)
Hotel Sigiriya		19,900	30.50	30.50	33.00	30.50	32.00	1.50
Hunas Falls		20,400	14.25	14.25	16.00	14.25	15.25	1.00
Hunters 1/-		230,700	8.50	8.75	8.75	8.25	8.50	-
Int. Tourists		300	30.00	29.75	29.75	29.75	29.75	(0.25)
JKH			224,200	110.00	110.00	110.00	107.50	109.25	(0.75)
Kahawatte			5,000	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	-
Keells Food		25,700	19.50	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	0.50
Kegalle 			1,000	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	-
Kelani Cables		500	51.00	51.00	51.00	51.00	51.00	-
Kelani Tyres		18,000	8.25	8.25	8.25	8.25	8.25	-
Kelani Valley		1,000	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	-
Kotagala			2,000	9.50	9.75	9.75	9.75	9.75	0.25
Kuruwita Textile		600	27.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	5.00
Lanka Aluminium		4,800	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.00	13.00	(0.25)
Lanka Hospitals		32,000	14.00	14.00	14.00	13.75	13.75	(0.25)
Lanka Tiles		3,500	42.00	41.50	41.50	41.50	41.50	(0.50)
Lanka Ventures		1,000	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	-
Lanka Walltile		35,800	41.25	41.25	41.25	40.25	40.50	(0.75)
LB Finance			1,000	13.00	13.00	13.25	13.00	13.00	-
LMF			113,000	20.00	20.25	21.25	20.25	20.50	0.50
LOLC			16,000	56.00	56.50	57.25	56.50	57.00	1.00
Madulsima			100	8.75	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	(0.25)
Merchant Bank		110,200	6.25	6.25	6.50	6.25	6.25	-
MLL			6,200	23.00	23.00	24.00	23.00	23.00	-
Namunukula		200	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	-
Nat. Dev. Bank		26,500	154.50	155.00	155.00	154.00	154.00	(0.50)
Nations Trust		124,500	26.50	26.50	27.00	26.50	26.75	0.25
NDB Bank			51,600	19.50	19.75	19.75	19.50	19.50	-
Nuwara Eliya		100	150.00	180.00	180.00	180.00	180.00	30.00
On�Ally			100	12.50	12.25	12.25	12.25	12.25	(0.25)
Overseas Realty		121,500	7.50	7.75	10.50	7.75	8.25	0.75
Pegasus Hotels		300	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	-
Pelwatte			400	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	-
People�s Merch		1,400	16.00	15.50	15.50	15.25	15.25	(0.75)
Printcare (Cey)		4,000	53.00	48.00	48.00	48.00	48.00	(5.00)
Reefcomber		232,700	7.25	7.50	7.75	7.50	7.50	0.25
Regnis			1,800	102.00	90.00	102.00	90.00	90.25	(11.75)
Renuka City Hot.		100	75.50	74.50	74.50	74.50	74.50	(1.00)
Rich Pieris Exp		300	31.50	33.00	33.00	32.00	32.25	0.75
Richard Pieris  XC		1,900	100.00	100.00	100.00	99.75	99.75	(0.25)
Riverina Hotels		400	38.00	38.25	38.25	38.25	38.25	0.25
Royal Ceramics		7,100	20.00	20.00	20.00	19.75	19.75	(0.25)
Royal Palms    XD		108,700	21.50	21.50	22.50	21.50	22.50	1.00
Sampath			200	85.75	86.25	86.25	86.25	86.25	0.50
Samson Internat.		100	33.00	33.00	33.00	33.00	33.00	-
Selinsing			1,500	90.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	10.00
Seylan Bank		1,100	56.25	55.75	55.75	55.50	55.50	(0.75)
Seylan Merchant		110,900	5.50	5.75	6.00	5.75	5.75	0.25
Singer Ind.			100	68.25	68.25	68.25	68.25	68.25	-
Singer Sri Lanka		17,600	99.50	100.00	100.00	98.00	98.00	(1.50)
SLT			195,700	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	-
Taj Lanka			3,700	10.75	10.75	11.00	10.50	11.00	0.25
Tangerine			200	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	-
Tea Smallholder		1,000	25.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	1.00
The Finance Co.		15,200	20.50	20.50	21.00	20.50	21.00	0.50
Trans Asia			34,500	46.00	46.00	46.25	46.00	46.25	0.25
Union Assurance		100	42.00	44.00	44.00	44.00	44.00	2.00
United Motors		2,200	43.25	43.00	43.00	43.00	43.00	(0.25)
W. M. Mendis		100	11.50	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	0.50
Walk & Greig 2/-		1,000	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	-

Second Board
Asian Alliance		11,200	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.75	8.75	(0.25)
Lighthouse Hotel		118,100	22.00	22.25	22.50	22.00	22.25	0.25
Tess Agro			1,100	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.75	9.00	-
Touchwood			200	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	-
Udapussellawa		5,700	10.25	10.25	10.25	10.25	10.25	-

Default Board
E B Creasy			9,800	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	-
Fort Land 3/-		41,000	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.00	3.00	(0.25)
Galadari			11,100	4.50	4.50	4.75	4.50	4.50	-
Hotels Corp. 2/-		300	120.00	120.75	121.00   120.75	121.00	1.00
Kapila Heavy		100	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	-
Lanka Ceramic		7,900	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	-
Lankem Ceylon		21,700	12.50	12.50	13.25	12.25	12.75	0.25
Marawila Resorts		69,500	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	-
Vanik Incorp Ltd		50,700	0.60	0.70	0.70	0.60	0.60	-

Price Indices - 		Today�s		Previous
			Close		Close

CSE All Share Index		1,082.6		1,081.1
Milanka Index		2,093.5		2,096.2

Turnover:

Value (Rs.)			217,403,657	154,230,637
Shares (No.)		5,455,865		7,494,009
Trades (No.)		1,677		1,680

Debt

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

400	Vanik Incorp Ltd	1.50	10.73	-	0.25	2
	(15% URD-2007)

Dividends

Company Name	Dividend	XD Date	Payment	Closure
	Percentage		Date			of Books

Lanka Tiles	12% Final	16.09.2003	26.09.2003	Kept Open
Central Industries	20% Final	Dates to be	
		notified

Rights Issues

Company Name	Proportion	XR Date	Allotment	Closure
				of Books

Parquet (Ceylon)	03 for 01	04.09.2003	17.09.2003	Kept Open
	(Issue Price
	Rs. 10/=)

Bonus Issues

Company Names	Proportion	XC Date	Allotment	Closure 
				of Books

Caltex Lubricants	01 for 01	03.09.2003	22..09.2003	16.09.2003 to 
				22.09.2003