ATTN: ANNIKA

RUNDOWN

THE STATE OF BUSINESS – 23RD JAN, 2008

RICE FLASH RAVI

CHICKEN IMPORTS VTR SHASHIKA

EMPLOYMENT VTR NISHANI

T-BILLS CARD

ADD DEALING ROOM BRIDGE

SANETH @ CITY VTR

ADD STATE OF BUSINESS BRIDGE

CIM VTR ANOUK 02.50

ADD STATE OF BUSINESS BRIDGE

UNION BANK VTR SHASHIKA

MATRIX VTR RIYAD 01.20

ADD STOCK WATCH BRIDGE

STOCK UPDATE CARDS 01.30

CURRENCY CARDS 00.20

LINE UP EDITOR: ANOUK

ANCHOR: ANOUK
HEADLINES
1. RICE GAZETTED AS ESSENTIAL COMMODITY WITH EFFECT FROM
TODAY, AND

2. CHICKEN IMPORTS FROM INDIA TO BE SUSPENDED AMIDST BIRD

FLU REPORTS

1. RICE – FLASH

THE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS HAS GAZETTED

RICE AS AN ESSENTIAL COMMODITY WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY.

ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY THIS WILL EMPOWER THE CONSUMER

AFFAIRS AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST UNSCRUPULOUS
TRADERS WHO ARE HIDING STOCKS THEREBY ATTEMPTING TO CREATE
A SCARCITY IN THE MARKET.

THE MINISTRY ALSO SAYS THAT THIS WILL HELP STABILIZE THE
PRICES OF RICE IN THE MARKET.

READ ON

2. CHICKEN BAN – VTR

SRI LANKA HAS DECIDED TO BAN THE IMPORTS OF DAY OLD PARENT
CHICKEN FROM INDIA.

THE ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF PERADENIYA

SAYS THIS ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AFTER INDIA REPORTED AN
OUTBREAK OF BIRD FLUE.

MEANWHILE THE POULTRY ASSOCIATION HAS DECIDED TO INCREASE

THE RETAIL PRICE OF A KILOGRAM OF CHICKEN TO 270 RUPEES DUE
TO THE HIGH COST IN PRODUCTION.

THIS NEW PRICE INCREASE WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM THE 25TH OF

THIS MONTH.

ROLL VTR
3. EMPLOYMENT

THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT GIVEN THE

LABOR FORCE GROWTH IN SOUTH ASIA CREATING DECENT JOBS IN
FUTURE HAS BECOME THE MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR THE REGION.

IT FURTHER STATES THAT SOUTH ASIA STILL HAS AN ENORMOUS

DEFICIT IN DECENT WORK WITH TOO MANY PEOPLE IN VULNERABLE
EMPLOYMENT SITUATIONS AND TOO MANY STILL WORKING AND LIVING
IN POVERTY.

THESE FACTS WERE DISCLOSED IN THE GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS

2008 REPORT RELEASED TODAY BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR
ORGANIZATION.

ROLL VTR

4. COMING UP IS A LOOK AT THE DAY’S TREASURY BILL PRIMARY

MARKET AUCTION RATES

5. NOW WE JOIN SANETH GAMAGE FROM CITIBANK FOR AN OVERVIEW

OF DEALING ROOM OPERATIONS FOR THIS WEEK.

BREAK

6. CIM – VTR

EXPERTS SAY MARKETING IS INCREASINGLY BEING EMBRACED AS A

STRATEGY RATHER THAN A FUNCTION IN SRI LANKAN COMPANIES,
LEADING TO BETTER BUSINESS RESULTS.

HOWEVER, MARKETING AS A DISCIPLINE IS YET TO BE FULLY

ENGAGED IN ALL CORPORATES ACROSS THE BOARD AS A VITAL
COMPONENT OF BUSINESS.

THIS WAS REVEALED BY SHIRAZ LATIFF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING- SRI LANKA REGION IN AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ART TV.

ROLL VTR
7. CORPORATE -UNION BANK – VTR

UNION BANK OPENED ITS NEWEST BRANCH TODAY IN NUGEGODA

STRENGTHENING ITS BRANCH NETWORK TO 13.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF UNION BANK MAHENDRA FERNANDO WAS

THE CHIEF GUEST AT THE OCCASION.

ROLL VTR

8. MATRIX -VTR

ONE OF THE LEADING I.T. EDUCATION CENTRES, THE MATRIX

INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SIGNED A STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH ICFAI OF INDIA AS AN EDUCATION
CENTER FOR ITS POSTGRADUATE DEGREES.

THE MOU BETWEEN ICFAI AND MATRIX INSTITUTE WAS OFFICIALLY

INKED YESTERDAY.

ROLL VTR

BREAK

STOX

THE BOURSE SHOT UP AFTER MID DAY AND CLOSED ON POSITIVE

SENTIMENT WITH INTEREST MOSTLY SEEN ON LOW VALUED COUNTERS.

NO CROSSINGS TOOK PLACE FOR THE DAY.

LANKA CEMENT TOPPED BOTH VOLUME AND TURN OVER FOR THE DAY.

THE COUNTER TRADED 5.31 MILLION SHARES WHILE REEFCOMBER AND

ELEPHANT LIGHT FOLLOWED.

LANKA CEMENT POSTED 58.1 MILLION RUPEES TO THE DAY’S TURN

OVER. CEYLINCO INSURANCE AND DISTILLERIES FOLLOWED WITH
CONTRIBUTIONS OF 19.1 MILLION AND 8.8 MILLION RUPEES
RESPECTIVELY.

FOREIGN BUYING FOR THE DAY WAS TAGGED AT 65.1 MILLION AND
FOREIGN SALES AT 40.5 MILLION RECORDING A NET INFLOW OF
24.6 MILLION.
THE ALL SHARE CLIMBED 64.46 POINTS TO 2,452.39 WHILE THE
MILANKA ADVANCED 80.42 POINTS TO CLOSE THE DAY AT 3,150.68.

TURN OVER WAS AT 232.1 MILLION RUPEES.

HEADING THE DAY’S GAINERS WERE LANKA CEMENT, HOTELS

CORPORATION, ALUFAB, REEFCOMBER AND ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES.

SERENDIB HOTELS, SEYLAN MERCHANT, MORISONS, CONNAISANCE AND

ASHA CENTRAL WERE THE DAY’S MAIN LOSERS.

JOHN KEELS PLC AND UNION CHEMICALS LANKA LIMITED MADE

DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE DAY.

A RIGHTS ISSUE CAME FROM LANKEM CEYLON LIMITED.

LET’S HAVE A LOOK AT THE DAY’S FOREX RATES

SEGMENT : MAIN
DATE : 23 / 01
REPORTER : RAVI
SLUG : RICE – FLASH

THE MINISTRY OF TRADE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS HAS GAZETTED

RICE AS AN ESSENTIAL COMMODITY WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY.

FLASH

ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY THIS WILL EMPOWER THE CONSUMER

AFFAIRS AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST UNSCRUPULOUS
TRADERS WHO ARE HIDING STOCKS THEREBY ATTEMPTING TO CREATE
A SCARCITY IN THE MARKET.

THE MINISTRY ALSO SAYS THAT THIS WILL HELP STABILIZE THE
PRICES OF RICE IN THE MARKET.

READ ON
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 23RD JAN 08
REPORTER: ANOUK
SLUG: CIM – VTR

EXPERTS SAY MARKETING IS INCREASINGLY BEING EMBRACED AS A

STRATEGY RATHER THAN A FUNCTION IN SRI LANKAN COMPANIES,
LEADING TO BETTER BUSINESS RESULTS.

HOWEVER, MARKETING AS A DISCIPLINE IS YET TO BE FULLY

ENGAGED IN ALL CORPORATES ACROSS THE BOARD AS A VITAL
COMPONENT OF BUSINESS.

THIS WAS REVEALED BY SHIRAZ LATIFF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING- SRI LANKA REGION IN AN
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ART TV.

ROLL VTR

SUPER

Shiraz Latiff- Chairman

The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Sri Lanka Region

TAG

‘SUCCESSFUL MARKETING’
VOICE OVER/ 23RD JAN 08/ ANOUK/ CIM

A POSITIVE SIGN IN SRI LANKA, SAY THOSE IN-THE-KNOW, IS

THAT MARKETING IS CATCHING UP FAST AS AN INTEGRAL PART OF
BUSINESS ACTIVITY, AS A STRATEGIC DIRECTION RATHER THAN A
FUNCTIONAL COMPONENT.

VOICE CUT
(03:14)
IF YOU TAKE ACROSS THE BOARD ALL THE SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES
OR EVEN THE TOP 50 COMPANIES IN SRI LANKA ALL OF THEM ARE
HEAVILY MARKETING-ORIENTED, AND MOST OF THEM WILL HAVE
MARKETERS IN THEIR BOARDROOMS
(3:30)

YET HE NOTES THAT DESPITE THIS, WHEN TOUGH TIMES HIT

CERTAIN BUSINESS, IT IS MOST OFTEN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT
THAT BEARS THE BRUNT OF THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS AS BUDGET
CUTS ARE ADMINISTERED.

AS SUCH, HE SAYS CIM IS MAKING AN EFFORT TO PROMOTE THE

CONCEPT OF ‘MARKETING ACCOUNTABILITY’ WHERE MARKETING IS
PROMOTED AS AN INVESTMENT.

VOICE CUT
(06:10)
YOU PROMOTE YOUR INVESTMENT IN ADVERTISING AND ALL OTHER
PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN RELATION TO THE RETURNS. NOW IF
YOU’RE INVESTING SO MUCH OF DOLLARS OR RUPEES INTO CREATING
MARKET SHARE, ETC., WHAT IS THE RETURN YOU GET, SO THERE
SHOULD BE A MATRIX TO IDENTIFY THE DELIVERABLES YOU GET
FROM THE INVESTMENT (6:33)

HE SAYS THAT A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE IN THE MARKETING

SECTOR IN SRI LANKA IS THAT THE TERM ‘MARKETING’ IS USED
LOOSELY TO EVEN ENCOMPASS SALES STAFF, THEREBY ALTERING THE
SCOPE OF THE DISCIPLINE WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION.

HE ADDS THAT FURTHER HINDRANCES EXIST TO THE PROGRESSION OF

MARKETING WITHIN CORPORATE INSTITUTIONS DUE TO UNQUALIFIED
MARKETING PERSONNEL WORKING IN THE FIELD.

LATIFF HOWEVER NOTES THAT MOST OFTEN YOUNG EXECUTIVES

EMBARKING ON A CAREER IN MARKETING REFRAIN FROM OBTAINING A
RECOGNIZED QUALIFICATION OF GIVE UP THEIR STUDIES IN
MARKETING BEFORE COMPLETION DUE TO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS OR
A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE IN ENGLISH WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE IN
WHICH THESE COURSES AND EXAMS ARE HELD.

HE SAYS THAT THE CIM SRI LANKA REGION IS NOW ATTEMPTING TO

RECTIFY THE SITUATION.

VOICE CUT
(9:10)
WE’RE TRYING TO INTRODUCE AN INTRODUCTORY CERTIFICATE IN
MARKETING WHICH WILL BE TARGETED AT THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE
JUST COMPLETED THEIR O/L’S, THEY MIGHT NOT NEED A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF ENGLISH, A FAIR KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH IS
FINE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE WILL GIVE OUR TUITION CENTERS
TO SUPPORT THEM BY GIVING GOOD COACHING IN ENGLISH AND
THERE WILL BE A SIX MONTHS COURSE WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE
TO GET SOME KIND OF AN APPRECIATION IN THE MARKETING
DISCIPLINE (9:42)

THE COURSE, HE SAYS, IS A COMPUTER-BASED PROGRAM THAT WILL

BE DELIVERED ACROSS TUITION CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND,
MAKING A MARKETING QUALIFICATION MORE ACCESSIBLE TO
STUDENTS.
ENDS/
SEGMENT: CORPORATE
DATE: 23.01.2008
REPORTER: SHASHIKA
SLUG: UNION BANK – VTR

UNION BANK OPENED ITS NEWEST BRANCH TODAY IN NUGEGODA

STRENGTHENING ITS BRANCH NETWORK TO 13.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF UNION BANK MAHENDRA FERNANDO WAS

THE CHIEF GUEST AT THE OCCASION.

ROLL VTR

SUPER

Mahendra Fernando – CEO

Union Bank

INFO TAG

‘UNION BANK’
VOICE OVER / UNION BANK / SHASHIKA / 23/01/08

UNION BANK WHICH IS THE FIRST BANK TO OFFER THE BANK

ROAMING FACILITY, E-MAIL BANKING, AND 24 HOUR PHONE BANKING
AMONG MANY OTHERS BELIEVES THAT THIS LATEST BRANCH WILL
HELP BETTER SERVE ITS CUSTOMERS.

THE BANK’S 12 OTHER BRANCHES ARE SITUATED IN AND AROUND

COLOMBO, KANDY, MATARA, NEGAMBO, NAWALA, KURUNEGALA,
KOTAHENA AND JA-ELA COVERING THE URBAN SECTOR.

SPEAKING AT THE EVENT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF UNION

BANK SAID THAT THE BANK CONFORMS TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL
STANDARDS WITH THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR CLIENTS, EMPLOYEES,
AND SHAREHOLDERS BEING FOREMOST AT ALL TIMES.

VOICE CUT – FERNANDO – IN – 01:59

FOUR YEARS AGO THE BANK WAS RESTRUCTURED WITH NEW CAPITAL
AND NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS. WE ALSO HAVE OUR BOARD
DISTINGUISH MEMBERS PROVEN THEMSELVES, WE HAVE HIGHLY
EXPERIENCED BANKERS AND WE BENEFIT FROM ALL THESE EXPERTISE
AS WE TAKE THE BANK FORWARD.
OUT – 02:43

FERNANDO SAID THAT THE BANK FOCUSES ON IDENTIFYING AND

INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGIES THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
TRANSFORM THE BANKING PRACTICE.

VOICE CUT – FERNANDO – IN – 08:42

FOUR MONTHS AGO WHEN CENTRAL BANK INTRODUCE IMAGE CLEARING
WE PIONEERED OUR OWN SOFTWARE AND TODAY WE HAVE THE
DISTINGUISH OF BEING ONLY BANK IN SRI LANKA WHICH HAS NO
CUT OFF TIME.
OUT – 09:02
END/
SEGMENT: CORPORATE
DATE: 22ND JANUARY 2008
REPORTER: RIYAD R.
EDITOR: ANOUK T.
SLUG: MATRIX -VTR

ONE OF THE LEADING I.T. EDUCATION CENTRES, THE MATRIX

INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SIGNED A STRATEGIC
PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH ICFAI OF INDIA AS AN EDUCATION
CENTER FOR ITS POSTGRADUATE DEGREES.

THE MOU BETWEEN ICFAI AND MATRIX INSTITUTE WAS OFFICIALLY

INKED YESTERDAY.

ROLL VTR

TAG

‘MATRIX PARTNERSHIP’

Super
Shanil Jayasekara
Country Manager
ICFAI Education Lanka

Viraj Pinto Jayawardena

Managing Director/CEO
Matrix Institute of Information Technology
VOICE OVER / MATRIX / RIYAD / 22ND JANUARY 2008 / VTR

THE ICFAI MBA OFFERED BY THE MATRIX INSTITUTE OF

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROMISES ITS STUDENTS A WELL
RECOGNIZED WORLD CLASS EDUCATION QUALIFICATION.

A WIDE SECTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION DISCIPLINES TOTALLING 6

WILL BE OFFERED AT THE MATRIX INSTITUTE.

THE SPECIALIZED MBA’S IN ADDITION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

INCLUDE FINANCE AND MARKETING.

47.05 ICFAI
THE BENEFIT THE SRI LANKAN STUDENT WILL GET FOLLOWING THE
DEGREE AT ICFAI IS THE COST BENEFIT WHERE THEY WILL GET THE
OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THE PROGRAMME AT A FRACTION OF THE
COST WHICH OTHERWISE THEY HAVE TO GIVE DOING A FOREIGN
DEGREE. 47.29
+++++
49.?? MATRIX

ENDS/
SEGMENT: MAIN
DATE: 23.01.2008
REPORTER: SHASHIKA
SLUG: CHICKEN BAN – VTR

SRI LANKA HAS DECIDED TO BAN THE IMPORTS OF DAY OLD PARENT
CHICKEN FROM INDIA.

THE ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF PERADENIYA

SAYS THIS ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AFTER INDIA REPORTED AN
OUTBREAK OF BIRD FLUE.

MEANWHILE THE POULTRY ASSOCIATION HAS DECIDED TO INCREASE

THE RETAIL PRICE OF CHICKEN TO 270 RUPEES DUE TO THE HIGH
COST IN PRODUCTION.

THIS NEW PRICE INCREASE WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM THE 25TH OF

THIS MONTH.

ROLL VTR

TAG

‘BAN ON CHICKEN IMPORTS’

Main chicken importers are

France & the Netherlands

70% of chicken stocks produced locally

Current retail price of chicken – Rs. 260

VOICE CUT / CHICKEN BAN / SHASHIKA / 23/01/08

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ALL ISLAND POULTRY ASSOCIATION, DOCTOR

D. D. WANASINGHE SAYS THAT ONLY FIVE PERCENT OF DAY OLD
PARENT CHICKEN STOCKS ARE IMPORTED FROM INDIA.

THE OTHER 25 PERCENT OF CHICKEN IMPORTS COME FROM FRANCE

AND THE NETHERLANDS.

DUE TO THIS, DOCTOR WANASINGHE SAYS THAT THE BAN ON IMPORTS

OF DAY OLD PARENT CHICKEN FROM INDIA WILL NOT AFFECT THE
COUNTRY’S POULTRY INDUSTRY OR CHICKEN PRICES.

HE ALSO ADDED THAT CURRENTLY 70 PERCENT OF DAY OLD PARENT

CHICKEN STOCK IS PRODUCED IN SRI LANKA.

MEANWHILE, DOCTOR WANASINGHE SAID THAT CHICKEN PRICES WILL

INCREASE BY 15 PERCENT TO 20 PERCENT FROM THE 25TH OF THIS
MONTH DUE TO THE 20 PERCENT LEVY ON IMPORTED MAIZE WHICH IS
USED AS CHICKEN FEED.

CURRENTLY THE PRICE OF A KILO OF CHICKEN STANDS AT 260

RUPEES.

END/
SEGMENT:MAIN
AIRED:
SHOT:
REPORTER:NISHANI
SLUG:EMPLOYMENT

THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION SAYS THAT GIVEN THE

LABOR FORCE GROWTH IN SOUTH ASIA CREATING DECENT JOBS IN
FUTURE HAS BECOME THE MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR THE REGION.

IT FURTHER STATES THAT SOUTH ASIA STILL HAS AN ENORMOUS

DEFICIT IN DECENT WORK WITH TOO MANY PEOPLE IN VULNERABLE
EMPLOYMENT SITUATIONS AND TOO MANY STILL WORKING AND LIVING
IN POVERTY.

THESE FACTS WERE DISCLOSED IN THE GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS

2008 REPORT RELEASED TODAY BY THE INTERNATIONAL LABOR
ORGANIZATION.

ROLL VTR

’GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS’

VOICE OVER/NISHANI/EMPLOYMENT/23RD JAN

WITH DECENT WORK FOR ALL BEINGS INTRODUCED AS A NEW TARGET

UNDER THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN A BID TO HALVE
THE SHARE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY BY 2015 SOUTH
ASIA FACES THE CHALLENGE OF CREATING MORE INCLUSIVE FORMAL
LABOR MARKETS.

GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2008 SAYS THIS SHOULD BE SPECIALLY

TARGETED AT THE POOR, THE WOMEN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALSO THE
ENORMOUS POPULATION OF ILLITERATES IN THE CURRENT LABOR
FORCE IN SOUTH ASIA WHO ARE OFTEN TRAPPED IN DEAD END JOBS.

THE GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2008 REPORT RELEASED BY THE

ILO RECOMMENDS INVESTING IN EDUCATION AND OTHER FORMS OF
HUMAN CAPITAL TO SET THE PRECONDITIONS FOR THE POOR TO
OBTAIN BETTER JOBS.

THE ANALYSIS ON GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TREND SHOWS THAT IT IS

ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE REGION TO PUT SOCIAL PROTECTION
MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE DO NOT FALL
BACK INTO POVERTY.

ACCORDING TO THE SRI LANKA LABOR FORCE SURVEY CONDUCTED BY

THE DEPARTMENT OF CENSUS AND STATISTICS BY THE THIRD
QUARTER OF 2007 SRI LANKA’S LABOR FORCE STOOD AT 7.5
MILLION PEOPLE.

61% OF TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IS IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR WHILE 82%

OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT IS IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR.

ABOUT 52% IS IN THE NON AGRICULTURE SECTOR.

ENDS/
STOX

THE BOURSE SHOT UP AFTER MID DAY AND CLOSED ON POSITIVE

SENTIMENT WITH INTEREST MOSTLY SEEN ON LOW VALUED COUNTERS.

NO CROSSINGS TOOK PLACE FOR THE DAY.

LANKA CEMENT TOPPED BOTH VOLUME AND TURN OVER FOR THE DAY.

THE COUNTER TRADED 5.31 MILLION SHARES WHILE REEFCOMBER AND

ELEPHANT LIGHT FOLLOWED.

LANKA CEMENT POSTED 58.1 MILLION RUPEES TO THE DAY’S TURN

OVER. CEYLINCO INSURANCE AND DISTILLERIES FOLLOWED WITH
CONTRIBUTIONS OF 19.1 MILLION AND 8.8 MILLION RUPEES
RESPECTIVELY.

FOREIGN BUYING FOR THE DAY WAS TAGGED AT 65.1 MILLION AND
FOREIGN SALES AT 40.5 MILLION RECORDING A NET INFLOW OF
24.6 MILLION.

CARD 1
THE ALL SHARE CLIMBED 64.46 POINTS TO 2,452.39 WHILE THE
MILANKA ADVANCED 80.42 POINTS TO CLOSE THE DAY AT 3,150.68.

TURN OVER WAS AT 232.1 MILLION RUPEES.

CARD 2
HEADING THE DAY’S GAINERS WERE LANKA CEMENT, HOTELS
CORPORATION, ALUFAB, REEFCOMBER AND ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES.

CARD 3
SERENDIB HOTELS, SEYLAN MERCHANT, MORISONS, CONNAISANCE AND
ASHA CENTRAL WERE THE DAY’S MAIN LOSERS.

CARD 4
JOHN KEELS PLC AND UNION CHEMICALS LANKA LIMITED MADE
DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE DAY.

CARD 5
A RIGHTS ISSUE CAME FROM LANKEM CEYLON LIMITED.

LET’S HAVE A LOOK AT THE DAY’S FOREX RATES

CARD 6
CARD 7