Price decline in premier blue-chip, John Keells Holdings (closed at LKR 139.50, -0.9%) along with its subsidiaries, Ceylon Cold Stores (closed at LKR 725.50, -2.1%) and Trans Asia Hotels (closed at LKR 80.00, -5.6%) adversely impacted the index performance. Losers offset the gainers 72 to 47 while 73 scripts remained unchanged.
Daily market turnover was LKR 662mn. Dialog Axiata topped the turnover with LKR 106mn followed by Melstacorp (LKR 94mn), Cargills (LKR 85mn) and John Keells Holdings (LKR 83mn) respectively.
Negotiated deals were recorded in John Keells Holdings (0.6mn shares at LKR 140.00), Access Engineering (2.9mn shares at LKR 26.50), Chevron Lubricants (LKR 0.3mn shares at LKR 165.00), Cargills (0.2mn shares at LKR 200.00) and Commercial Bank (0.2mn shares at LKR 142.00). Aggregate value of crossings accounted for 42% of the turnover.
High investor activity was seen in Teejay Lanka where stock declined to LKR 42.10 (-0.9%). John Keells Holdings, Chevron Lubricants and Cargills were among most traded stocks.
Foreign investors were net sellers with a net foreign outflow of LKR 22mn. Foreign participation for the day was 58%. Net foreign outflows were seen in John Keells Holdings (LKR 80mn), Seylan Bank (LKR 10mn), Tokyo Cement (LKR 3mn) while net foreign inflow was mainly seen in Cargills (LKR 49mn).
Source: LSL
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