Market ends in red
Colombo stocks ended in red today with both benchmark indices
recording marginal losses. ASI lost 1.20 index points (-0.02%) to end at
5,423.26 while sensitive MPI lost 5.94 points (-0.12%) to end at
4,803.51.Daily market turnover was Rs. 522.4 million. John Keells
Holdings continued to top the turnover list yesterday with an amount of
Rs 267.8 million followed by Royal Ceramics (Rs 18.4) and Central
Finance (Rs14.4millionn). Further John Keells Holdings was the heavily
traded stock during the day.
Meanwhile stocks such as Capital Alliance Finance, Environmental
Resources and Orient Garments were among the mostly traded stocks.
Foreign participation accounted for 22.1% of the total market
activity. At the end of the day foreign investors were net buyers with a
net foreign inflow of Rs 164.5million.
Lanka Securities Research
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