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21th January 2011
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Small & Mid Caps dominate

ASPI gained today with the renewed interest shown in Manufacuring sector counters, with the positive
interim results of RCL and GLAS. Week ended postively with ASPI gaining 3.15% from the last week.
However, the volatility of MPI continued, declining 0.11% for this week.
Change
• Manufacturing and Bank, Finance & Today Previous day
(%)
ASPI 7,254.01 7,193.10 0.85
Insurance sectors were the highest MPI 7,292.95 7,300.68 (0.11)
contributors to the market turnover while Turnover (Rs) 4,136,843,269 4,655,325,558 (11.14)
indices increased by 2.38% and 1.09% Volume (Shares) 213,330,909 142,357,978 49.86
Foreign Purchases (Rs) 237,737,030 287,321,808 (17.26)
respectively. Foreign Sales (Rs) 485,694,421 409,188,517 18.70
PER 27.5 27.3 0.73
PBV 3.3 3.2 3.12
• Laugfs Gas made the highest contribution to Closed Price change
change Change
Positive contributors
the market turnover with a crossing of 549,700 (Rs) (Rs) (%)
Sri Lanka Telecom 57.90 2.20 4.08
shares at Rs 48.50. The share price was Cargills (Ceylon) 231.00 17.40 8.12
unchanged and closed at Rs 50. Capital Development 185.00 47.20 36.00
Negative contributors
John Keells Holdings 295.00 (2.60) (0.87)
• Amana Takaful also contributed to the market Environmental Resources 114.00 (3.60) (3.06)
Dialog Axiata 11.70 (0.10) (0.85)
turnover while the share price increased by Top turnover contributor
contributors
ontributors Volume Turnover (Rs) %
Rs 0.70 (20.59%) and closed at Rs 4.10. Laugfs Gas 5,988,900 306,011,730 7.40
Amana Takaful 72,586,500 284,296,290 6.87
Royal Ceramic 1,482,500 232,739,230 5.63
• Several other crossings were recorded as Piramal Glass 23,064,300 205,658,630 4.97
follows: Environmental Resources 1,359,300 156,618,470 3.79

Source
ource:
rce: Colombo Stock Exchange
No. of Crossings Shares Price (Rs)
Royal Ceramic 1 150,000 155.00
The Lion Brewery 1 500,000 190.00 Period Ended in December Net Profit (Rs Mn)
Diesel & Motor Engineering 1 30,000 1500.00 2010 2009 %
Pan Asian Power 1 6,990,000 4.90 Piramal Glass (9 months) 400.28 (89.33) 548%
Citizens Development (9 months) 310.76 23.96 1197%

Global Market
T -BOND %
• U.S. stocks fell slightly as investors fretted Maturity Bid (Closing) Ask (Closing)
over the potential for more tightening
15-04-2012 7.30 7.35
measures from China following stronger-than-
01-02-2013 7.45 7.55
expected economic growth from the country.
01-04-2014 8.05 8.10
Dow was down 0.02%.
15-03-2015 8.57 8.62
01-08-2016 8.87 8.88
Debt Market Source: MVS Money Brokers
• Secondary market Treasury bond yields were World Stock Markets
Date Nikkei 225 (Japan) Dow Jones (USA) FTSE 100 (UK)
mostly unchanged, while the market activity
14-Jan-11 10,499.04 11,787.38 6,002.10
was relatively low.
17-Jan-11 10,502.86 11,787.38 5,985.70
18-Jan-11 10,518.98 11,837.93 6,056.40
• Rupee depreciated slightly as the exchange 19-Jan-11 10,557.10 11,825.29 5,976.70
rate was recorded at Rs 111.01 – 111.03 per 20-Jan-11 10,437.31 11,822.80 5,867.90
US $. Source: Wall Street Journal & Yahoo Finance

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