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COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 08-09-2003

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

A.Spend.Hot.Hold	8,700	70.00	69.50	71.00	69.50	70.50	0.50
ACL		31,000	50.25	50.00	50.00	49.00	50.00	(0.25)
Agalawatte		5,200	16.00	15.25	16.50	15.25	16.00	-
Aitken Spence	14,400	238.75	239.00	239.00	238.75	239.00	0.25
AMW		3,100	79.00	77.50	77.50	77.00	77.00	(2.00)
Arpico		3,400	15.00	16.00	16.50	16.00	16.00	1.00
Ascot		5,000	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	-
Asia Capital	18,300	10.00	9.75	9.75	9.50	9.50	(0.50)
Asian Hotels	817,700	19.50	19.50	20.00	19.50	19.75	0.25
Asiri		25,000	25.50	26.00	26.00	26.00	26.00	0.50
Bairaha Farms	79.900	16.25	16.00	16.50	15.75	16.25	-
Balangoda		32,500	15.00	16.00	16.50	16.00	16.50	1.50
Bata		8,000	14.75	14.50	14.50	14.00	14.00	(0.75)
Blue Diamonds	123,800	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	-
Bogawantalawa	1,500	14.25	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	1.25
Browns Beach	35,200	15.00	15.25	16.75	15.25	16.25	1.25
C T Land		200	6.25	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	0.25
C.W. Mackie & Co.	1,500	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.75	-
Caltex XC		151,000	108.25	108.00	110.00	104.00	105.00	(3.25)
CDIC		100	46.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	(1.00)
Central Finance	31,200	222.75	222.50	222.50	219.00	219.00	(3.75)
Central Sec.	2,100	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	-
Ceylinco Ins.	5,700	32.75	32.75	33.00	32.00	32.00	(0.75)
Ceylinco Sec.	113,300	10.00	10.50	11.00	10.50	10.50	0.50
Ceylinco Seylan	21,200	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	-
Ceylion Brewery	200	90.00	90.00	90.00	90.00	90.00	-
Ceylon Glass Co.	5,700	26.25	26.00	26.00	25.50	25.75	(0.50)
Ceylon Holiday	11,100	65.00	65.00	65.00	61.50	61.75	(3.25)
Ceylon Inv. XC	200	86.00	85.25	85.25	85.25	85.25	(0.75)
Ceylon Leather	70,300		11.50	11.50	9.75	10.00	10.00	
Ceylon Tobacco	4,000	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50	40.50	-
CF Venture Fund	11,000	4.75	4,75	4.75	4.75	4.75	-
Cold Stores 8/-	1,500	131.50	134.00	134.00	134.00	134.00	2.50
Colombo Land 1/-	105,500	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	-
Comm. Leasing	200	67.00	67.00	68.00	67.00	67.50	0.50
Commercial Bank	32,700	198.00	198.00	198.00	196.00	196.75	(1.25)
Commercial Bank
(11.25%RCPF)	150,000	10.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	1.00
Commercial Bank (NV)7,800	135.25	135.00	135.25	135.00	135.00	(0.25)
Confifi Hotel	6,600	53.25	52.00	54.00	52.00	54.00	0.75
Connaissance	201,600	23.50	23.25	24.25	23.25	24.00	0.50
Dankotuwa Porcel	700	16.00	16.25	16.25	16.25	16.25	0.25
DFCC		5,600	290.00	290.50	291.00	290.50	291.00	1.00
DIMO		1,000	69.75	66.00	67.00	65.00	66.25	(3.50)
Dipped Products	3,000	97.00	97.00	97.00	97.00	97.00	-
Distilleries 1/-	23,300	26.00	25.75	25.75	25.50	25.75	(0.25)
Dockyard		7,800	20.50	21.00	21.00	20.75	21.00	0.50
Eagle Insurance	2,400	90.25	90.25	90.25	90.25	90.25	-
East West		1,000	8.25	8.25	8.25	8.25	8.25	-
Eden Hotel Lanka	82,800	18.00	18.00	18.25	18.00	18.25	0.25
Equity 		300	17.25	17.25	17.25	17.25	17.25	-
Equity Two Ltd	1,300	8.25	8.50	8.50	8.25	8.50	0.25
Glaxo		3,800	41.25	41.25	41.25	41.25	41.25	-
Grain Elevators	136,900	37.00	37.00	37.00	36.00	37.00	-
Habarana Lodge	16,000	67.25	73.00	75.00	73.00	74.25	7.00
Hapugastenne	300	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	-
Haycarb		15,800	40.75	41.00	41.00	41.00	41.00	0.25
Hayleys XR		3,400	174.50	174.00	177.75	174.00	177.50	3.00
HNB		81,300	100.50	100.50	100.50	99.75	100.00	(0.50)
HNB (NV)		33,100	58.25	58.25	59.00	57.75	58.00	(0.25)
Hotel Services	100	25.00	29.50	29.50	29.50	29.50	4.50
Hotel Sigiriya	2,900	34.50	35.00	36.00	35.00	36.00	1.50
Hunas Falls	59,900	17.50	17.50	18.00	17.00	17.75	0.25
Hunters 1/-	58,000	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	-
JKH		131,200	116.75	116.00	116.75	116.00	116.00	(0.75)
John Keells	500	72.00	74.00	74.00	74.00	74.00	2.00
Kahawatte		12,100	4.50	4.75	4.75	4.75	4.75	0.25
Kandy Walk Inn	1,300	59.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	1.00
Keells Food	19,300	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	-
Kegalle		7,100	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	-
Kelani Cables	100	53.75	52.00	52.00	52.00	52.00	(1.75)
Kelani Tyres	64,000	7.75	7.50	7.75	7.50	7.75	-
Kelani Valley	10,500	19.75	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	(0.75)
Kotagala		7,900	9.00	9.00	9.50	9.00	9.50	0.50
Kuruwita Textile	100	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	-
Lanka Aluminium	9,500	12.50	13.00	14.25	13.00	13.75	1.25
Lanka Cement	6,300	8.75	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	(0.25)
Lanka Hospitals	19,300	13.00	13.25	13.25	13.25	13.25	0.25
Lanka Ventures	7,500	9.75	9.50	9.75	9.50	9.50	(0.25)
Lanka Walltile	1,400	39.50	39.00	39.25	39.00	39.25	(0.25)
Lee Hedges	200	46.00	46.00	46.00	46.00	46.00	-
LMF		11,400	20.75	20.50	20.50	20.25	20.25	(0.50)
LOLC		6,000	55.00	55.00	55.00	54.50	54.50	(0.50)
Madulsima		6,800	8.50	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	0.25
Mahaweli Reach	136,300	15.50	15.75	23.00	15.75	20.25	4.75
Maskeliya		600	21.75	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	0.25
Merchant Bank	88,500	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	-
MLL		800	28.00	27.75	27.75	27.75	27.75	(0.25)
Morisons		100	250.00	275.00	275.00	275.00	275.00	25.00
Namunukula	2,800	9.50	9.00	9.50	9.00	9.50	-
Nat. Dev. Bank	31,800	153.00	153.00	154.00	152.00	152.75	(0.25)
Nations Trust	32,400	27.00	27.00	27.00	26.00	26.25	(0.75)
NDB Bank		47,400	19.50	19.75	20.25	19.25	19.25	(0.25)
Nestle		100	77.00	77.00	77.00	77.00	77.00	-
Overseas Realty	100	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	-
Pegasus Hotels	147,600	13.50	13.50	17.75	13.50	16.75	3.25
Pelwatte		900	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	-
People�s Merch	700	15.00	15.25	15.25	15.00	15.25	0.25
Printcare (Cey)	4,300	55.00	57.75	61.00	57.75	59.50	4.50
Reefcomber	100	7.25	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	0.25
Renuka City Hot.	32,000	75.00	79.50	80.00	79.50	80.00	5.00
Rich Pieris Exp	1,600	30.00	31.00	32.00	31.00	31.75	1.75
Richard Pieris XC	2,600	108.00	108.00	108.00	108.00	108.00	-
Riverina Hotels	15,200	43.00	42.25	43.50	42.25	42.50	(0.50)
Royal Ceramics	1,052,300	22.00	22.75	24.50	22.25	24.00	2.00
Royal Palms XD	45,000	27.75	28.00	28.75	27.00	27.25	(0.50)
Serendib Hotels	2,400	36.00	40.00	42.00	40.00	41.25	5.25
Serendib Hotels 
(non voting)	200	27.00	27.00	27.00	27.00	27.00	-
Seylan Bank	34,500	55.25	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	(0.25)
Seylan Merchant	32,900	5.50	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	0.25
Sigiriya Village	100	57.50	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	2.50
Singer Sri Lanka	1,200	102.75	100.25	100.25	100.25	100.25	(2.50)
SLT		1,327,300	15.75	16.00	16.25	15.50	15.75	-
Soy Foods		100	20.75	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	(0.75)
Stafford		155,000	12.50	13.00	14.50	13.00	14.00	1.50
Taj Lanka		303,200	12.75	13.25	16.00	13.25	15.00	2.25
Talawakelle	6,000	14.00	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	0.50
Tangerine		6,600	41.50	41.00	42.00	41.00	41.75	0.25
Tea Smallholder	1,000	26.00	26.75	26.75	26.50	26.75	0.75
The Finance Co.	900	21.50	21.50	22.00	21.50	21.75	0.25
Three Acre Farms	6,000	24.00	23.75	23.75	23.75	23.75	(0.25)
Tokyo Cement	100	155.25	154.00	154.00	154.00	154.00	(1.25)
Trans Asia		36,800	56.00	56.00	56.50	55.00	55.00	(1.00)
Union Assurance	6,200	42.00	42.00	43.00	42.00	43.00	1.00
United Motors	1,000	39.00	39.25	39.25	39.25	39.25	0.25
W. M. Mendis	2,000	12.50	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	0.50
Watawala		6,000	9.75	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	0.25

SECOND BOARD

Light House Hotel	41,600	25.00	25.00	25.50	25.00	25.25	0.25
Ruhunu Hotels	60,100	7.25	7.50	10.75	7.50	9.25	2.00
Tess Agro		1,600	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	-
Udapussellawa	3,100	10.25	10.25	10.75	10.25	10.50	0.25


DEFAULT BOARD

Galadari		318,800	5.25	5.25	5.75	5.25	5.50	0.25
Hotel Developers	200	25.25	26.25	26.50	26.25	26.50	1.25
Hotels Corp. 2/-	100	121.50	122.00	122.00	122.00	122.00	0.50
Lankem Ceylon	5,300	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	-
Marawila Resorts	505,400	4.50	4.50	5.00	4.50	4.75	0.25
Vanik Incorp Ltd	463,300	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	0.50	-


Price Indices - 	Today�s		Previous
		Close		Close

CSE All Share Index	1,119.6		1,116.6
Milanka Index	2,153.8		2,159.9

Turnover:

Value (Rs.)		190,120,661	405,390,392
Shares (No.)	7,984,077		18,181,094
Trades (No.)	2,285		2,877


Dividends

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

Mercantile Shipping	15% Final	Dates to be		
		notified