Colombo Stock Exchange

Friday, 20 February 2004

SHARES
COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 19-02-2004

Company			Volume	**VWA	Day’s	High	Low	**VWA	Change
				previous	Open			today’s	(Rs.)
				close				close
Main board
Acme			2,500	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	-
Agalawatte			3,300	13.00	12.50	12.50	12.00	12.25	(0.75)
Ahot Properties		23,700	25.25	25.50	25.50	25.00	25.00	(0.25)
Aitken Spence		1,000	245.00	245.00	245.00	245.00	245.00	-
Asiri 			2,800	28.00	27.50	28.00	27.50	28.00	-
Asso. Hotels		200	40.00	43.00	43.00	42.50	42.75	2.75
Bairaha Farms		14,800	15.00	15.25	15.25	15.00	15.00	-
Balangoda			100	11.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	1.00
Blue Diamonds		167,900	2.50	2.25	2.75	2.25	2.50	-
Blue Diamonds (NV)		1,000	1.50	1.75	1.75	1.75	1.75	0.25
Browns Beach		1,500	13.50	12.75	13.50	12.75	13.50	-
CT Land			19,000	6.75	6.75	6.75	6.75	6.75	-
C. W. Mackie & Co.		1,300	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.75	-
Caltex 			22,600	70.75	70.00	72.00	70.00	71.75	1.00
Central Finance		5,800	185.00	185.00	185.00	185.00	185.00	-
Central Sec.		1,000	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	-
Ceylinco Ins.		7,800	40.75	48.00	49.50	46.50	47.00	6.25
Ceylinco Sec.		57,100	7.00	7.50	7.75	7.50	7.75	0.75
Ceylinco Seylan		747,400	3.25	3.25	3.75	3.25	3.50	0.25
Ceylon Glass Co.		18,200	23.75	24.25	25.75	24.25	25.50	1.75
Ceylon Inv.		300	94.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	1.00
Ceylon Oxygen		500	91.50	91.00	92.00	91.00	91.50	-
Ceylon Tobacco		2,500	38.50	38.75	39.00	38.75	39.00	0.50
CF Venture Fund		21,500	4.50	4.50	4.75	4.50	4.75	0.25
Coco Lanka		1,600	15.00	18.00	18.50	18.00	18.00	3.00
Cold Stores 8/-		400	109.75	110.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	0.25
Colombo Land 1/-		5,000	2.75	2.75	2.75	2.75	2.75	-
Commercial Bank		8,900	148.50	148.50	150.00	148.50	150.00	1.50
Connaisance		7,300	32.50	31.75	32.75	31.75	32.25	(0.25)
Dankotuwa Porcel		500	15.75	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	(0.25)
DFCC			43,800	225.50	225.00	227.50	220.00	227.00	1.50
DIMO			300	43.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	2.00
Dipped Products		900	73.25	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	1.75
Distilleries 1/-		19,800	22.25	22.50	23.00	22.50	22.75	0.50
Dockyard			154,500	20.50	20.25	20.50	20.25	20.50	-
Eagle Insurance		3,800	92.25	119.75	125.00	119.75	122.25	30.00
Eden Hotel Lanka		47,900	16.25	16.50	16.50	16.25	16.25	-
Equity			5,000	15.25	15.25	15.25	15.25	15.25	-
Galadari 			56,900	9.00	9.25	9.25	9.00	9.25	0.25
Glaxo 			300	35.50	41.00	41.00	41.00	41.00	5.50
Grain Elevators		59,500	18.75	19.00	19.25	18.75	19.00	0.25
Hapugastenne		100	14.75	14.75	14.75	14.75	14.75	-
Haycarb			300	29.25	29.50	31.00	29.50	31.00	1.75
Hayleys			800	112.50	113.00	114.00	113.00	114.00	1.50
Hayleys Exports		1,100	50.00	53.00	53.00	53.00	53.00	3.00
Hemas Holdings		7,800	80.00	80.00	82.00	80.00	81.50	1.50
HNB			4,400	70.00	70.00	70.00	70.00	70.00	-
HNB (NV)			9,500	39.50	40.00	40.50	40.00	40.00	0.50
Hunas Falls		200	15.50	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	0.50
Int. Tourists		3,400	22.75	23.00	23.00	23.00	23.00	0.25
JKH			202,800	104.00	104.00	107.00	104.00	107.00	3.00
John Keells			100	120.00	120.00	120.00	120.00	120.00	-
Kahawatte			500	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	-
Kegalle			1,900	13.00	13.50	13.50	13.25	13.25	0.25
Kuruwita Textile		1,200	48.25	48.00	48.00	48.00	48.00	(0.25)
Lanka Hospitals		3,300	10.25	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	0.25
Lanka Ventures 		282,600	11.75	12.00	12.25	11.75	12.00	0.25
Lanka Walltile		800	32.00	32.00	33.00	32.00	32.75	0.75
Lion Brewery		2,100	62.25	64.75	65.00	64.75	65.00	2.75
LMF			500	20.50	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	0.50
LOLC XD			1,000	51.50	52.00	53.00	52.00	52.00	0.50
Madulsima			8,700	7.00	6.50	7.00	6.50	7.00	-
Maskeliya 			102,500	19.00	19.00	19.00	18.50	18.50	(0.50)
Merchant Bank		17,600	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	-
MLL			26,000	23.50	27.25	27.50	27.25	27.50	4.00
Namunukula		12,800	8.00	7.75	7.75	7.75	7.75	(0.25)
Nat. Dev. Bank		10,500	140.00	138.00	142.50	138.00	141.00	1.00
Nations Trust		140,400	22.50	22.50	22.75	22.50	22.75	0.25
NDB Bank			24,100	19.50	19.50	19.75	19.50	19.75	0.25
Nestle			100	75.75	77.00	77.00	77.00	77.00	1.25
Overseas Realty		9,500	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	-
People’s Merch		100	11.25	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	(0.75)
Reefcomber		11,000	7.50	7.25	7.50	7.25	7.50	-
Regnis			400	87.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	8.00
Richard Pieris XC		53,300	93.75	95.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	1.25
Riverina Hotels		6,600	26.00	26.50	26.75	26.25	26.25	0.25
Royal Ceramics		3,400	16.50	16.50	16.75	16.50	16.50	-
Royal Palms		14,900	27.50	27.25	28.00	27.25	28.00	0.50
Sampath			100	73.25	79.50	79.50	79.50	79.50	6.25
Samson Internat.		300	26.75	26.75	28.50	26.75	28.00	1.25
Seylan Bank		1,000	44.00	45.50	47.25	45.50	47.00	3.00
Seylan Bank
(non voting)		302,000	20.00	20.50	21.50	20.50	21.00	1.00
Seylan Merchant		23,000	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.25	7.25	(0.25)
Singer Sri Lanka		1,500	75.00	75.00	77.00	75.00	77.00	2.00
SLT			163,200	18.50	18.50	18.50	18.25	18.50	-
Stafford			16,100	13.00	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	0.50
Taj Lanka			6,000	16.50	16.50	16.75	16.50	16.75	0.25
Tangerine			200	40.75	40.75	40.75	40.75	40.75	-
Tea Smallholder		55,800	26.00	26.25	26.25	26.25	26.25	0.25
The Finance Co.		15,300	17.00	17.00	17.75	17.00	17.75	0.75
Trans Asia			207,500	57.75	59.50	59.50	59.50	59.50	1.75
Union Assurance		600	48.00	48.00	48.00	48.00	48.00	-
United Motors		2,600	28.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	1.00
Watawala			7,700	8.00	8.00	8.50	8.00	8.00	-

SECOND BOARD

Asian Alliance		100	10.00	9.75	9.75	9.75	9.75	(0.25)
HNB Assurance		2,000	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	-
Tess Agro			3,000	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	-
Udapussellawa		100	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	-

DEFAULT BOARD

Asia Capital		249,200	16.50	16.50	17.25	16.25	17.00	0.50
Browns 8/-			100	102.00	105.00	105.00	105.00	105.00	3.00
Ferntea Ltd.		1,200	10.25	10.25	10.50	10.25	10.50	0.25
Fort Land 3/-		10,100	2.75	2.75	3.00	2.75	3.00	0.25
Hotels Corp 2/-		100	90.00	82.75	82.75	82.75	82.75	(7.25)
Kelani Tyres		5,400	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	-
Marawila Resorts		244,500	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	-
Vanik Incorp Ltd.		8,900	0.80	0.80	0.90	0.80	0.80	-


Price Indices - 		Today’s		Previous
			Close		Close

CSE All Share Index		1,142.56		1,126.81
Milanka Index		1,960.98		1,933.22


Turnover:

Value (Rs.)			97,549,232	687,735,578
Shares (No.)		3,835,876		3,207,199
Trades (No.)		1,300		1,232
	

Total Return Indices

Tri On All Shares (ASTRI)	1,143.86		1,128.09
Tri On Milanka Shares (MTRI)	1,961.40		1,933.63


Debt

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

100	HNB			103.00	0.11	0.50	-	1
	(13.75% USRD-2002/7)
6,800	Vanik Incorp Ltd		9.75	2.87	-	-	2
	(15% URD-2007)
500	Vanik Incorp Ltd		10.25	2.87	-	0.50	2
	(15% URD-2007)



Dividends

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

Ceylon Glass	19% Interim	08.03.2004	18.03.2004	Kept Open
Seylan Bank	15% First & Final	19.03.2004	31.03.2004	Kept Open
	(voting & non-voting)
Ceylinco Insurance	20% First & Final	11.03.2004	06.04.2004	23.03.2004 to 29.03.2004
Sampath Bank	5% Second & Final	Dates to be
		notified

Bonus Issues

Company Name	Proportion	XC Date	Allotment	Splitting	Renunciation	Closure of Books
Ceylinco Insurance	01 for 05	Subject to
		Approval

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