Friday, May 16, 2014

The Bourse Weekly Performance (Week-ended 16thof May 2014)



The Bourse Weekly Performance (Week-ended 16thof May 2014)



Week-ended 16thMay 2014
Week-ended 09thMay 2014
All Share Price Index
6,315.19
6,284.87
S&P SL20 Index
3,479.17
3,457.26
Total Turnover for the week (LKR)
3,238,152,652
11,630,447,525
Total Net Foreign Inflow/ (Outflow) (LKR)
1,206,259,367
6,886,074,825
Market Capitalization
2,644,947,777,839
2,631,902,336,187
Market PER
16.86
16.78
Market PBV
2.07
2.06

The Colombo Bourse was gloomy over the shortened trading week compared to its week before last. It gained 18.29 points on Monday before it losing ground back again by 18.20 points on Tuesday, to close the market at flat for Vesakholidays. However market witnessed some strategic deals which enabled it to gain by 30.23 points once again on Friday, effectively making the Bench mark All Share Price Index (ASPI) closed at 6,315.19 points higher 30.32 points against its previous weeks closing and the secondary S&P SL 20 index gained by 21.91 points to close the week at 3,479.17 points. The Bourse observed a net foreign inflow of LKR 1,206 Mn during the week which turned around the YTD net foreign inflow to positive LKR 991.4 Mn by the end of week from its negative value ofLKR 214.78 Mnas of previous week.It’s noted that the YTD net foreign inflow as of last week had been weakened to negative LKR 214.78 Mn.The total market capitalization gained by LKR 13,045Mnover the week to close the market at LKR 2.644 Tn.
A total of 115.98Mn shares were changed hands to record a total weekly turnover of LKR 3.23Bn.The off market deals took place on the stocks ofNEST, TILE, JKH, COMB, CINS, LLUB andCTC for the total value of LKR 1.4Bn,which is a contribution of 43.5% to the weekly turnovers.
The list of price gainers were led by PARAGON(+24.84%), SIERRA CABL (+22.22%), CITY HOUSING(+14.29%), LAKE HOUSE PRIN. (+13.52%) and GUARDIAN CAPITAL (+12.22%) while the list of price losers were led by BIMPUTH FINANCE (-34.65%), PC HOUSE(-25.00%), LANKA CENTURY [W] (-25.00%), S M B LEASING [X] (-20.00%) and CEYLON LEATHER [W] (-12.50%).The week’s ASPI movement was heavily influenced by the stocks of BUKI, AHPL and SLTL. The market PER and PBV climbed to 16.86x and 2.07x respectively by end of the week.