All Share index bagged 7.65 index points or 0.12% to end at 6,137.70 while 20-scrip S&P SL index bagged 11.77 index points or 0.34% to close at 3,491.16.
Along with JKH (LKR 140.00, +1.5%), price gains in Dilmah Ceylon (LKR 675.00, +10.6%), Sri Lanka Telecom (LKR 35.00, +2.0%) and Ceylon Cold Stores (LKR 730.00, +0.6%) contributed positively to the index performance.
Daily market turnover was LKR 555mn. John Keells Holdings was the top contributor to the turnover with LKR 177mn followed by Teejay Lanka (LKR 117mn), Tokyo Cement (LKR 55mn) and Commercial Bank (LKR 54mn) respectively.
Negotiated deals were recorded in Teejay Lanka (1.8mn shares at LKR 41.00), Commercial Bank (0.4mn shares ay LKR 142.00) and Adam Investments (40mn shares at LKR 1.00). Aggregate value of crossings accounted for 30% of the turnover.
Gainers offset the losers 65 to 57 while 173 remained unchanged. High investor activity was seen in Teejay Lanka as stock dipped by 2.2% to LKR 41.00 due to earnings drop of 30%YoY in latest quarter results. Further John Keells Holdings, Melstacorp and Ceylon Grain Elevators were among the heavily traded counters.
Foreign investors were net buyers with a net foreign inflow of LKR 7mn. Net foreign inflows were seen in Tokyo Cement (LKR 49mn), Teejay Lanka (LKR 27mn), Hemas Holdings (LKR 7mn) while net foreign outflow was mainly seen in Commercial Bank (LKR 52mn). Foreign participation was 60%.
Source: LSL
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