Dec 29, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields edged up marginally across maturities at Tuesday’s auction, while the rollover was oversubscribed two times, the government’s debt office said. The 3-month yield rose 06 basis points to 7.73 percent, the 6-month yield rose 08 basis points to 8.73 percent and the 12-month yield rose 01 [...]
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Sri Lanka Treasuries yields move up
Posted in Economy, Stock Exchange, Trading on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sri Lankan bill yields move up
Posted in Economy, Stock Exchange on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dec 16, 2009 (LBO) – Sri Lankan Treasury bill yields edged up across maturities, at Wednesday’s auction, the government’s debt office said, despite only a part of the bids being accepted. The 3-month yield rose 09 basis points to 7.60 percent, the 6-month yield rose 09 basis points to 8.59 percent and the 12-month yield [...]
Citigroup close to exiting bank bailout program: report
Posted in Business, Economy, Stock Exchange on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WASHINGTON, December 14, 2009 (AFP) – Citigroup is close to a deal to be the last of the big Wall Street banks to exit the government’s bailout program, after trying to persuade regulators that it was sound enough to stand on its own, The New York Times reported late Sunday. The newspaper said negotiations between [...]
Blue-chip stocks dominate
Posted in Business, Stock Exchange, tagged Business, Stock Exchange on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Colombo bourse during the week moved into the negative territory with activity being largely held by selected blue chip stocks. Though the market turnover improved during the week backed by several large deals, investors continued to wait for positive developments in the marketplace. Overall the two indices ended down with benchmark ASPI (All Share Price [...]
Sri Lanka LOLC gets 9.5 of Seylan Bank
Posted in Business, Stock Exchange, tagged Business, Stock Exchange on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sri Lanka’s listed Lanka Orix Leasing Company had got a 9.55 percent stake in Seylan Bank following a capital injection supervised by the regulator, the company said. The 9.55 percent stake or 12.41 million ordinary shares was bought through Lanka Orix Information Technology Unit, a 100 percent owned unit of LOLC, the firm said in [...]
Sri Lanka shares close 0.95-pct lower
Posted in Business, Economy, Stock Exchange, tagged Business, Economy, Stock Exchange on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sri Lankan shares closed down 0.9 percent Thursday as investors took defensive positions and opted to stay out of the market, while the banking and hotel sector stocks took a hit, brokers said. The All Share Index closed at 2,977.16 points down 28.56 points while the Milanka Index of more liquid stocks closed down [...]
