Reuters: ** The Sri Lankan rupee hit a record low for a fifth straight session on Tuesday on strong dollar demand from importers and foreign banks amid outflows from government securities, while stocks snapped a four-day winning streak and ended marginally weaker.
** The rupee fell to an all-time low of 171.00 per dollar, surpassing the previous low of 170.75 hit on Monday, on importer demand for the greenback and foreign selling in government securities and exporter greenback sales, market sources said.
** The central bank said on Oct.2 it purchased 4 million dollars from the market in the previous day, but it has sold a net 184 million dollars to the market so far this year to defend the currency.
** The rupee ended at 171.00/20 per dollar, compared with the previous close of 170.50/80.
** The rupee has weakened 1.12 percent so far this month after a 4.7 percent drop in September against the dollar. It has declined 11.41 percent so far this year, recording its sharpest fall since 2001.
** The Colombo stock index ended 0.47 percent down at 5,880.38, slipping from its highest close since Sept. 20 hit on Monday. The index fell to its lowest close since Dec. 13, 2013 on Tuesday. It fell 3.6 percent last month and is down 7.7 percent so far this year.
** Data from the central bank showed foreign investors sold government securities worth a net 1.8 billion rupees ($10.58 million) in the week ended Oct. 3. Sri Lanka has seen a net outflow of 74.3 billion rupees in securities so far this year.
** Stock market turnover was 350.5 million Sri Lankan rupees ($2.05 million) on Tuesday, half of this year's daily average of 772.3 million rupees.
** Foreign investors sold a net 111.8 million rupees worth of shares on Tuesday, extending the year-to-date net foreign outflow to 6.3 billion rupees worth of equities.
($1 = 170.9000 Sri Lankan rupees)
** The rupee fell to an all-time low of 171.00 per dollar, surpassing the previous low of 170.75 hit on Monday, on importer demand for the greenback and foreign selling in government securities and exporter greenback sales, market sources said.
** The central bank said on Oct.2 it purchased 4 million dollars from the market in the previous day, but it has sold a net 184 million dollars to the market so far this year to defend the currency.
** The rupee ended at 171.00/20 per dollar, compared with the previous close of 170.50/80.
** The rupee has weakened 1.12 percent so far this month after a 4.7 percent drop in September against the dollar. It has declined 11.41 percent so far this year, recording its sharpest fall since 2001.
** The Colombo stock index ended 0.47 percent down at 5,880.38, slipping from its highest close since Sept. 20 hit on Monday. The index fell to its lowest close since Dec. 13, 2013 on Tuesday. It fell 3.6 percent last month and is down 7.7 percent so far this year.
** Data from the central bank showed foreign investors sold government securities worth a net 1.8 billion rupees ($10.58 million) in the week ended Oct. 3. Sri Lanka has seen a net outflow of 74.3 billion rupees in securities so far this year.
** Stock market turnover was 350.5 million Sri Lankan rupees ($2.05 million) on Tuesday, half of this year's daily average of 772.3 million rupees.
** Foreign investors sold a net 111.8 million rupees worth of shares on Tuesday, extending the year-to-date net foreign outflow to 6.3 billion rupees worth of equities.
($1 = 170.9000 Sri Lankan rupees)
