The Bourse Weekly Performance (Week-ended 19th
July 2013)
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Week-ended 12th July 2013
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Week-ended 19th July 2013
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All Share Price Index
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6,028.74
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6,041.06
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S&P SL20 Index
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3,385.43
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3,409.16
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Total Turnover for the week (Rs.)
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1,466,585,143/-
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2,754,756,167/-
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Total Net Foreign Inflow/ (Outflow) (Rs.)
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126,286,045/-
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860,216,272/-
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Market Capitalisation (Rs.)
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2,315,425,677,312/-
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2,324,809,138,238/-
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Market PER
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16.1
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The bearish sentiments at
the Colombo bourse reversed towards the latter part of the week when renewed
foreign interest in JKH took the ASI from its one-week low to close 55 points
up on Friday 19th July. The index gained a total of 12 points for
the week, while the S&P gained 23 points for the week. The growth in market
capitalisation this week was Rs. 9.38Bn
equivalent to a rise of 0.41%.
The turnover for the week
grew considerably with an average daily turnover of Rs. 550.9Mn. Though this is
only 57% of the average daily turnover recorded for this year (Rs. 960.2Mn),
the value is 88% higher than the previous week.
Among the largest contributors were blue-chip counters such as John
Keells Holdings, Sampath Bank, Dialog Telecom, National Development Bank, etc.
The highest weekly turnover was generated by the Diversified Holdings sector
contributing Rs. 1.18Bn for the weekly turnover. The Banking Finance and
Insurance sector too contributed Rs. 890.3Mn for the turnover. These two
sectors together contributed for 75% of the weekly turnover. In other
statistics, the highest gain for the week was reported in the Stores &
Supplies sector of 4.53% while the highest loss was reported in the Oil Palms
sector for -3.03%. The net foreign inflow for the week topped Rs. 860Mn a
significant rise from the net sales and low inflows reported in the recent past.
The Colombo bourse currently records year-to-date values
as follows;
Gain in ASI 7.05%
Gain in S&P 10.50%
Gain in Market
Capitalisation 7.25%
Total Market Capitalisation Rs. 157.2Bn
Net Foreign Inflow Rs. 16.6Bn
