Colombo Stock Exchange

Wednesday, 10 March 2004

SHARES
COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 09-03-2004

Company			Volume	**VWA	Day’s	High	Low	**VWA	Change
				previous	Open			today’s	(Rs.)
				close				close
Main Board

A. Spen. Hot. Hold.		11,600	67.50	67.50	67.50	67.00	67.00	(0.50)
ACL			3,700	30.00	29.00	30.00	29.00	30.00	0.00
ACL Plastics		1,100	19.25	18.25	18.25	18.25	18.25	(1.00)
Acme			4,600	7.50	7.25	7.25	7.25	7.25	(0.25)
Agalawatte			3,500	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	0.00
Ahot Properties		25,600	26.00	26.00	26.50	26.00	26.00	0.00
Aitken Spence		34,500	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	0.00
Asia Capital		74,000	18.50	18.25	18.75	18.25	18.25	(0.25)
Asiri			100	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	0.00
Associated Prop.		100	15.00	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	0.50
Bairaha Farms		19,000	16.25	16.50	17.00	16.50	16.75	0.50
Balangoda			400	12.50	12.25	12.25	12.25	12.25	(0.25)
Blue Diamonds		31,000	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	0.00
Blue Diamonds (NV)		21,400	1.50	1.50	1.75	1.50	1.50	0.00
CT Land			8,000	6.75	6.75	6.75	6.75	6.75	0.00
C. W. Mackie & Co.		1,300	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.75	0.00
Caltex			43,600	79.50	81.00	82.00	81.00	81.50	2.00
Carsons			300	10,150.00	11,000.00	11,000.25	11,000	11,000.25	850.25
CDIC XR			100	41.00	40.25	40.25	40.25	40.25	(0.75)
Central Finance		3,200	220.00	225.00	225.00	221.00	224.00	4.00
Central Sec.		800	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	0.00
Ceylinco Housing		400	9.25	9.25	9.25	9.25	9.25	0.00
Ceylinco Ins.		12,200	48.50	48.50	49.00	48.25	49.00	0.50
Ceylinco Sec.		10,500	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	0.00
Ceylinco Seylan		3,000	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.50	0.00
Ceylon Brewery		800	89.00	89.00	89.00	89.00	89.00	0.00
Ceylon Glass Co. XD		500	25.50	27.00	28.50	27.00	28.00	2.50
Ceylon Guardian		4,100	209.75	210.00	275.00	210.00	256.75	47.00
Ceylon Holiday		1,700	65.00	66.25	67.50	66.25	67.50	2.50
Ceylon Inv.		27,200	125.00	125.00	150.00	125.00	149.25	24.25
Ceylon Oxygen		700	97.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	(2.00)
Ceylon Tobacco		2,000	39.00	39.00	39.00	39.00	39.00	0.00
CF Venture Fund		12,200	4.25	4.25	4.50	4.25	4.50	0.25
Chemanex			100	110.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	0.00
CIC			300	130.00	133.50	135.00	133.50	134.50	4.50
CIT			100	8.00	9.75	9.75	9.75	9.75	1.75
Colombo Land 1/-		35,200	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	0.00
Commercial Bank		40,400	155.00	153.00	153.00	153.00	153.00	(2.00)
Commercial Bank (NV)		800	110.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	0.00
Confifi Hotel		10,000	45.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	0.00
Connaissance		10,300	31.00	32.00	32.50	32.00	32.00	1.00
Dankotuwa Porcel		700	14.75	14.75	14.75	14.75	14.75	0.00
DFCC			43,600	210.00	210.00	215.00	210.00	210.25	0.25
Distilleries 1/-		376,300	22.50	23.00	23.00	22.50	22.75	0.25
Dockyard			 2,300	23.25	23.00	24.00	23.00	23.75	0.50
Durdans			300	20.50	19.25	19.50	19.25	19.25	(1.25)
Durdans (NV)		3,900	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	0.00
Eagle Insurance		2,000	126.75	125.00	125.00	125.00	125.00	(1.75)
Eden Hotel Lanka		17,100	15.50	15.50	16.00	15.50	15.75	0.25
Equity			100	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	0.00
Galadari			10,000	8.25	8.50	8.75	8.50	8.75	0.50
Good Hope			400	260.00	250.00	275.00	250.00	269.00	9.00
Grain Elevators		11,500	19.00	19.25	20.50	19.25	19.50	0.50
Hapugastenne		500	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	0.00
Haycarb			100	31.75	31.25	31.25	31.25	31.25	(0.50)
Hayleys			66,500	116.00	118.00	118.00	118.00	118.00	2.00
Hemas Holdings		27,100	85.25	86.00	87.00	86.00	86.25	1.00
HNB			500	70.25	70.00	70.00	70.00	70.00	(0.25)
HNB (NV)			2,500	41.75	42.75	42.75	42.75	42.75	1.00
Hotel Sigiriya		3,000	34.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	(4.00)
Hunas Falls		100	18.50	17.75	17.75	17.75	17.75	(0.75)
Indo Malay			500	250.50	250.00	255.00	250.00	252.50 	2.00
Industrial Asph.		100	90.00	98.75	98.75	98.75	98.75	8.75
James Finlay		1,000	90.00	90.00	90.00	90.00	90.00	0.00
JKH XD			1,989,700	107.00	107.00	110.50	107.00	110.00	3.00
John Keells			200	155.25	155.25	155.25	155.25	155.25	0.00
Kahawatte			100	4.50	4.25	4.25	4.25	4.25	(0.25)
Kandy Walk Inn		1,800	65.00	65.00	68.00	65.00	66.25	1.25
Keells Food		100	17.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	3.00
Kegalle			200	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	0.00
Kelani Cables		1,200	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	0.00
Kelani Tyres		36,000	6.50	6.25	6.75	6.25	6.75	0.25
Kelsey			4,000	10.75	10.75	10.75	10.50	10.50	(0.25)
Kuruwita Textiles		2,000	43.50	43.75	45.00	43.75	44.00	0.50
Lanka Hospitals		18,800	10.50	10.50	10.75	10.50	10.75	0.25
Lanka Tiles		200	38.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	2.00
Lanka Walltile		300	31.00	32.00	32.00	31.00	31.00	0.00
Lee Hedges		200	43.00	43.00	43.00	43.00	43.00	-
LMF			30,100	19.00	19.00	19.75	19.00	19.75	0.75
LOLC			14,700	59.00	58.00	59.50	58.00	59.25	0.25
Maskeliya			300	17.75	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	0.25
Merchant Bank		10,700	9.00	9.25	9.25	9.25	9.25	0.25
MLL			91,500	26.00	25.50	26.00	25.50	26.00	-
Namunukula		600	7.50	7.75	7.75	7.75	7.75	0.25
Nat.Dev. Bank		21,300	152.50	154.00	155.00	153.00	154.75	2.25
Nations Trust		85,400	22.50	22.75	23.00	22.75	22.75	0.25
NDB Bank			133,100	25.75	26.25	26.50	25.75	26.00	0.25
Nestle			100	86.75	86.75	86.75	86.75	86.75	-
On’ally			1,200	12.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	1.00
Overseas Realty		2,000	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	-
Pegasus Hotels		1,000	12.50	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	(0.50)
Pelwatte			2,000	6.75	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	(0.25)
People’s Merch		10,000	11.50	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	0.50
Reefcomber		20,500	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	-
Regnis			200	115.25	115.00	115.00	115.00	115.00	(0.25)
Richard Pieris		108,000	96.75	95.00	97.00	95.00	97.00	0.25
Riverina Hotels		4,400	32.00	30.25	32.50	30.25	31.50	(0.50)
Royal Ceramics		100	16.25	16.50	16.50	16.50	16.50	0.25
Royal Palms		4,700	29.75	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	0.25
Sathosa Motors		400	30.00	30.50	31.00	30.50	30.75	0.75
Selinsing			9,000	225.00	225.00	235.00	225.00	234.00	9.00
Seylan Bank		32,700	44.75	45.00	49.00	45.00	46.50	1.75
Seylan Bank (NV)		31,000	21.75	22.00	22.00	21.75	22.00	0.25
Seylan Merchant		5,000	8.00	8.00	8.25	8.00	8.00	-
Singer Sri Lanka		4,000	98.75	99.50	100.00	99.50	99.75	1.00
SLT			460,200	17.75	17.75	18.00	17.75	17.75	-
Soy Foods			200	23.00	26.00	27.00	26.00	26.50	3.50
Stafford			1,000	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	-
Sunshine Holding		1,200	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	-
Talawakelle		200	13.25	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	(0.25)
Tangerine			14,500	45.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	-
Tea Smallholder		400	27.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	1.00
The Finance Co.		800	16.50	16.75	16.75	16.75	16.75	0.25
Trans Asia			1,000	60.00	59.00	59.50	59.00	59.25	(0.75)
Union Assurance		11,200	46.00	46.25	50.00	46.00	49.75	3.75
United Motors		700	30.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	(2.00)
W.M. Mendis		100	9.00	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	(0.50)
Watawala			10,500	7.75	8.00	8.25	8.00	8.00	0.25

Second Board
Asha Central XD		3,400	13.50	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	0.25
E - Channelling		1,000	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	-
HNB Assurance		13,400	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	-
Lighthouse Hotel		1,000	33.00	34.00	34.00	34.00	34.00	1.00
Touchwood			100	10.50	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	(0.50)

Default Board
Ascot			34,400	4.50	4.50	4.75	4.50	4.75	0.25
Browns 8/-			200	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	0.00
Fort Land 3/-		67,500	2.75	2.50	2.75	2.50	2.75	0.00
Lanka Ceramic		1,100	17.25	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	(0.25)
Marawila Resorts		496,700	4.25	4.50	4.75	4.50	4.50	0.25
Parquet			28,600	12.25	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	0.25
Vanik Incorp Ltd		500	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	-
Vanik Incorp Ltd (non voting)	900	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.60	0.60	(0.10)
 
Price Indices - 		Today’s		Previous
			Close		Close

CSE All Share Index		1,231.86		1,218.67
Milanka Index		1,994.72		1,977.19

Turnover:

Value (Rs.)			331,432,297	145,833,208
Shares (No.)		4,862,306		3,529,295
Trades (No.)		1,568		1,475

Total Return		Today		Previous
Indices

Tri on All Shares		1,238.24		1,223.70
Tri on Milanka Shares		1,998.91		1,977.61

Dividends

Company Name	Dividend	XD	Payment	Closure of Books
	Percentage	Date	Date	
NDB Bank	5% First & Final	15-04-2004	27-04-2004	Kept Open
Caltex Lubricants	30% Final	19-03-2004	31-03-2004	Kept Open
Aitken Spence & Co.	25% Interim	16-03-2004	26-03-2004	Kept Open
	(38.9% tax free)			

Bonus Issues
Company Name	Proporption	XC Date	Allotment	Splitting	Renunciation	Closure of
						Books
Shalimar (Malay)
Estate Co. Ltd	01 for 02	19-03-2004	31-03-2004	20-04-2004	27-04-2004	Kept Open
Indo-Malay Estates Ltd	01 for 01	19-03-2004	31-03-2004	20-04-2004	27-04-2004	Kept Open
Good Hope Company Ltd	04 for 05	19-03-2004	31-03-2004	20-04-2004	27-04-2004	Kept Open
Selinsing Company Ltd	01 for 02	19-03-2004	31-03-2004	20-04-2004	27-04-2004	Kept Open
Bukit Darah Company Ltd	24 for 01	19-03-2004	31-03-2004	20-04-2004	27-04-2004	Kept Open

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