Colombo Stock Exchange

Thursday, 18 March 2004

SHARES
COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 17-03-2004

Company		Volume	**VWA	Day’s	High	Low	**VWA	Change
			previous	Open			today’s	(Rs.)
			close				close
Abans		200	62.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00	(2.00)
ACL		2,000	33.75	31.25	31.25	31.25	31.25	(2.50)
Agalawatte		200	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	12.00	-
Ahot Properties	69,200	26.00	26.00	26.00	25.75	26.00	-
Aitken Spence XD	45,300	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	265.00	-
AMW		800	70.00	70.00	70.00	70.00	70.00	-
Asia Capital	39,100	17.50	17.25	17.25	17.00	17.00	(0.50)
Asiri		100	28.75	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	0.25
Asso. Hotels	700	46.00	47.00	47.00	47.00	47.00	1.00
Bairaha Farms	3,900	16.00	16.00	16.00	15.50	15.50	(0.50)
Balangoda		100	12.25	12.25	12.25	12.25	12.25	-
Blue Diamonds	5,500	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	-
Blue Diamonds (NV)	300	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	-
Bogala Graphite	2,000	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	-
Bogawantalawa	500	12.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	(1.00)
CT Land		70,000	7.25	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	(0.25)
C. W. Mackie & Co.	8,500	4.25	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	(0.25)
Caltex		83,600	80.00	80.00	80.00	79.00	79.50	(0.50)
Central Finance	300	221.25	220.00	220.00	220.00	220.00	(1.25)
Central Sec.	4,500	10.75	10.75	10.75	10.75	10.75	-
Ceylinco Ins. XD	1,800	38.00	38.00	38.00	37.0	37.25	(0.75)
Ceylinco Sec.	13,800	8.00	7.75	7.75	7.75	7.75	(0.25)
Ceylinco Seylan	5,000	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.25	-
Ceylon Glass Co. XD	1,100	28.00	27.50	27.50	27.50	27.50	(0.50)
Ceylon Guardian	400	26.75	262.00	262.00	262.00	262.00	(4.75)
Ceylon Inv.	200	145.75	145.00	145.00	145.00	145.00	(0.75)
Ceylon Leather	2,500	7.25	7.25	7.25	7.25	7.25	-
Ceylon Tobacco	100	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	-
CF Venture Fund	11,000	4.25	4.25	4.25	4.25	4.25	-
CIC XD		3,200	130.00	132.75	132.75	132.75	132.75	2.75
Cold Stores 8/-	1,500	115.00	115.00	116.00	115.00	115.25	0.25
Colombo Land 1/-	17,000	2.25	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	0.25
Comm. Leasing	400	63.00	65.00	66.75	65.00	65.75	2.75
Commercial Bank XD	700	151.00	153.00	153.00	151.00	151.00	-
Confifi Hotel	1,000	45.00	44.00	44.00	44.00	44.00	(1.00)
Connaissance	14,900	30.50	31.00	31.00	31.00	31.00	0.50
Dankotuwa Porcel	600	14.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	1.00
DFCC		6,900	209.75	210.00	219.00	210.00	210.00	0.25
Dipped Products XD	1,500	82.50	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00	0.50
Distilleries 1/-	445,100	22.25	22.25	22.25	21.75	21.75	(0.50)
Dockyard		112,400	23.00	23.00	23.25	23.00	23.00	-
Durdans		200	19.50	19.75	19.75	19.75	19.75	0.25
Durdans (NV)	5,800	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.25	15.50	-
Eagle Insurance	5,900	116.00	115.00	115.50	114.00	115.25	(0.75)
East West		3,100	6.75	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	(0.25)
Eden Hotel Lanka	7,900	15.00	15.00	15.00	14.75	14.75	(0.25)
Equity		1,000	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	15.00	-
Galdari		22,900	8.00	8.25	8.25	8.00	8.00	-
Grain Elevators	13,600	19.25	19.50	19.50	19.00	19.00	(0.25)
Hapugastenne	900	14.75	14.75	14.75	14.75	14.75	-
Haycarb		2,500	31.00	31.50	31.50	31.25	31.25	0.25
Hayleys Exports	2,200	48.50	49.00	49.00	48.75	48.75	0.25
Hemas Holdings	12,800	87.25	87.25	87.50	87.00	87.25	-
HNB		2,000	70.00	71.00	72.50	71.00	71.00	1.00
HNB (NV)		3,500	41.75	41.75	41.75	41.50	41.75	-
Hotel Services	2,500	57.00	64.50	64.50	64.50	64.50	7.50
Hunas Falls	1,200	17.25	17.25	17.25	17.00	17.00	(0.25)
Indo Malay		300	250.00	250.00	255.00	250.00	251.75	1.75
Int. tourists	1,200	22.50	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	(0.50)
James Finlay	38,300	90.00	90.00	90.00	90.00	90.00	-
JKH XD		239,300	109.50	109.50	110.00	109.00	109.75	0.25
Kahawatte		800	4.25	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	(0.25)
Kegalle		500	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.00	15.25	(0.25)
Kelani Cables	2,000	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	-
Kelani Tyres XD	16,000	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	-
Kelani Valley	2,500	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	-
Kotagala		9,100	6.00	6.00	6.00	5.75	5.75	(0.25)
Kuruwita Textile	9,400	47.00	46.50	46.75	46.00	46.25	(0.75)
Lanka Aluminium	4,500	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	-
Lanka Hospitals	5,000	10.00	10.25	10.25	10.25	10.25	0.25
Lanka Ventures	10,700	10.25	10.25	10.25	10.25	10.25	-
Lanka Walltile	600	3.25	30.75	31.00	30.75	30.75	0.50
LMF		15,800	21.25	21.25	21.50	20.50	21.25	-
LOLC		2,600	63.25	63.00	63.00	63.00	63.00	(0.25)
Madulsima		700	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	-
Maskeliya		100	17.75	17.75	17.75	17.75	17.75	-
Merchant Bank	10,100	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.75	9.00	-
Miramar		700	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	-
Mullers		500	0.60	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.10
Namunukula	1,100	8.00	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	(0.50)
Nat.Dev.Bank	3,000	151.25	152.00	152.00	150.25	150.75	(0.50)
Nations Trust	26,300	21.75	22.00	22.00	21.50	22.00	0.25
NDB Bank		61,600	25.00	25.00	25.50	25.00	25.25	0.25
Nestle		1,400	84.00	85.00	85.00	83.00	83.00	(1.00)
Overseas Reality	18,000	6.75	6.75	6.75	6.75	6.75	-
Pegasus Hotels	100	11.50	11.25	11.25	11.25	11.25	(0.25)
Pelwatte		9,100	6.50	6.50	6.75	6.50	6.75	0.25
People’s Merch	1,500	11.25	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	0.25
Printcare (Cey)	200	70.00	70.00	70.00	70.00	70.00	-
Reefcomber	6,700	7.25	7.25	7.25	7.25	7.25	-
Regnis XD		100	114.75	114.00	114.00	114.00	114.00	(0.75)
Rich Pieris Exp	2,000	26.75	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.50	1.75
Richard Pieris	600	95.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	-
Riverina Hotels XD	1,200	28.50	28.50	28.50	28.25	28.25	(0.25)
Royal Ceramics	3,600	16.25	16.00	16.00	16.00	16.00	(0.25)
Royal Palms	8,500	29.75	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	0.25
Samson Internat.	100	30.50	30.25	30.25	30.25	30.25	(0.25)
Selinsing		200	255.00	250.00	250.00	250.00	250.00	(5.00)
Serendib Hotels	1,100	39.75	33.25	33.25	33.00	33.00	(6.75)
Seylan Bank	100,700	47.00	46.00	46.00	45.00	45.00	(2.00)
Seylan Bank (NV)	73,000	22.25	22.25	22.25	22.00	22.00	(0.25)
Seylan Merchant	17,400	7.50	7.75	7.75	7.50	7.50	-
Singer Sri Lanka XD	5,000	99.75	99.75	99.75	99.00	99.25	(0.50)
SLT		117,900	17.75	17.50	17.75	17.50	17.50	(0.25)
Stafford		3,700	12.00	11.50	11.75	11.50	11.75	(0.25)
Sunshine Holding	3,000	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	-
Taj Lanka		6,800	17.00	17.25	17.50	16.75	17.00	-
Talawakelle	1,000	13.25	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	0.25
Tangerine		2,300	45.00	45.00	46.00	45.00	45.50	0.50
The Finance Co.	3,700	16.75	16.75	16.75	16.75	16.75	-
Trans Asia		1,300	60.00	58.00	58.00	58.00	58.00	(2.00)
Union Assurance	200	51.25	49.50	49.50	49.50	49.50	(1.75)
United Motors	200	28.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	1.00
Second Board
E - Channelling	500	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	-
HNB Assurance	9,100	10.00	10.00	10.00	9.75	9.75	(0.25)
Lighthouse Hotel XD	100	32.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	(2.00)
Udapussellawa	100	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	-
Default Board
Ascot		772,000	7.25	7.50	8.00	7.25	7.75	0.50
Browns 8/-		4,300	132.00	150.00	170.00	150.00	151.00	19.00
Cargills		100	112.25	115.00	115.00	115.00	115.00	2.75
Fort Land 3/-	57,000	2.75	2.75	3.00	2.75	3.00	0.25
Hotel Developers	2,700	49.00	47.00	47.00	47.00	47.00	(2.00)
Lanka Ceramic	100	16.50	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	0.50
Lankem Dev.	2,000	3.25	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	(0.25)
Marawila Resorts	12,200	4.25	4.25	4.25	4.25	4.25	-
Metal Packaging	200	39.75	42.00	42.00	42.00	42.00	2.25
Vanik Incorp Ltd	37,100	0.90	0.90	0.90	0.80	0.80	(0.10)
Vanik Incorp Ltd (NV)	2,000	0.50	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.10


Price Indices - 	Today’s		Previous
		Close		Close
CSE All Share Index	1,201.40		1,204.89
Milanka Index	1,969.89		1,979.15

Turnover:
Value (Rs.)		94,662,910	109,677,931
Shares (No.)	2,820,457		2,907,640
Trades (No.)	1,270		1,274

Total Return Indices
Tri on All Shares 	
(ASTRI)	1,210.68	1,214.20
Tri on Milanka Shares	
(MTRI)	1,980.37	1,989.67

Debt

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

200	HNB	103.50	1.16	0.50	-	2
	(14.20% USRD 2002/12)
2,000	Vanik Incorp Ltd	11.75	3.98	-	-	2
	(15% URD-2007)
100	Vanik Incorp Ltd	12.25	3.98	0.50	-	1
	(15% URD-2007)

Dividends

Company Name	Dividend	XD Date	Payment	Closure
	Percentage		Date			of Books

Richard Pieris	10% Interim	19.03.2004	31.03.2004	Kept Open
& Co.	(Tax Free)
Rights Issues

Company Name	Proportion	XR Date	Allotment	Splitting	Renunciation	Closure	
						of Books
Kuruwita Textile	01 for 02	19.03.2004	31.03.2004	15.04.2004	22.04.2004	Kept Open

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