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sriranga · 1 Sri Lanka stocks edge up on Keells, foreign buying Thu Mar 14, 2013 4:58 pm

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COLOMBO, March 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares edged up on Thursday on foreign buying in market heavyweight John Keells Holdings which hit a 29-month high.

The main share index ended 0.06 percent, or 3.16 points up, at 5,688.98.

John Keells Holdings gained 0.63 percent to reach 238.60 rupees.

Foreign investors were net buyers of 261.2 million rupees ($2.07 million) worth of shares, extending year-to-date foreign inflows to 3.43 billion rupees.

Turnover was 609.2 million rupees ($4.82 million), well below this year's daily average of 1.04 billion rupees.

The rupee ended firmer at 126.25/35 to the dollar from Wednesday's close of 126.50/55 due to exporter dollar conversions, dealers said. ($1 = 126.4500 Sri Lanka rupees)

(Reporting by Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

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Redbulls · 2 JKH and Banking Counters dominate daily turnover Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:13 pm

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Mar 14, 2013 (LBT) - Indices ended flat with marginal gains: The Colombo Stocks endured yet another ranging day with lackluster performances on benchmark index. The index witnessed a range play of 20 basis points throughout the day before closing at 5,688.98 with a marginal gain of 3 points. The gains recorded in Lanka Orix Leasing (+5.5%) and John Keells Holdings (+0.6%) and the losses denoted in Nestle Lanka (-1.4%) and Ceylon Tobacco (-0.6%) weighted heavily on the consolidation of the benchmark index. S&P SL20 index too concluded with a marginal gain of 5 points at 3,241.03.

JKH and Banking counters spearhead the daily turnover: John Keells Holdings attracted notable investor interest during trading and closed at a 52-week high of LKR.239.0 (0.8%). Furthermore the counter spearheaded the daily turnover led by four off-board parcels of 555k shares dealt at a price of LKR238.0. Sampath Bank and National Development Bank made noteworthy contributions to the daily turnover where the former recorded two off-the-floor deals of 270k shares which were transacted at LKR235.0. The latter which attracted considerable interest during the last few trading sessions reached a 52-week high and ended at LKR.158.5 (+1.3%) while recording a single crossing of 128k shares at a price of LKR.158.0.

ODEL attracted heavy investor participation: The retail fashion chain, ODEL, attracted significant investor participation during the day. Interestingly, the counter recorded four on-board transactions of 2.0mn shares traded at a price of LKR23.0 during the morning session. ODEL ended flat at LKR.23.0.
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The Colombo bourse yesterday posted a turnover of Rs.609.2 million, up from the previous day’s Rs.447.02 million, with both indices moving up slightly – the All Share by 3.16 points (0.06%) and S&P SL20 by 5.79 points (0.18%) with 94 losers ahead of 88 gainers while 62 counters closed flat.

Foreign purchases amounted Rs. 368.20 million leading to a net inflow of Rs. 261.19 million.

Brokers said that some retail activity was present in the market with small players trading even in the pricier stock.

"The ASPI edged marginally higher due to gains on a selected set of large cap counters with crossings on JKH, SAMP and NDB collectively accounting for 35% of turnover," John Keells Stockbrokers said.

Block trades supported the day’s business volumes with Sampath seeing nearly 0.3 million shares crossed at Rs.235 contributing Rs.63.4 million to turnover, JKH seeing nearly 0.6 million shares crossed at Rs.238 generating Rs.132.1 million and NDB seeing over 0.1 million shares crossed at Rs.158 adding Rs.20.2 million to turnover.

Turnover from block trades topped Rs.415 million, brokers said.

Sampath, JKH and NDB also saw volume on the trading floor with JKH contributing Rs.37 million on floor trades closing Rs.1.90 up at Rs.239 on nearly 0.2 million shares done between Rs.237 and Rs.239.

Sampath closed flat on the floor with nearly 0.2 million shares traded between Rs.233.20 and Rs.235 contributing Rs.42.million to turnover while NDB gained Rs.2 to close at Rs.158.50 on over 0.1 million shares done between Rs.154.50 and Rs.158.50 contributing Rs.21 million to turnover.

Odel was the most traded stock on the floor closing flat at Rs.23 on 2 million shares done between Rs.22.90 and Rs.23 contributing Rs.46.1 million to the day’s business volume. The counter was transacted both in large parcels and small with retailers active in the stock, brokers said.

LOLC was up Rs.3 to Rs.58 on 0.6 million shares done between Rs.55 and Rs.58.50 contributing Rs.34.9 million to turnover.

Other most traded stock included Citrus Leisure closing flat at Rs.19.10 on over 1.3 million shares, PC House closing flat at Rs.4 On 3.7 million shares and Union Bank closing flat at Rs.16.50 on nearly 0.6 million shares.

Ceylinco Insurance announced a first and final dividend of Rs.12.50 per share for 2012 following approval at an April 9 AGM with the share trading XD from April 10 and payment on April 19.

Talawakelle announced a first and final dividend of Rs.2.50 per share for 2012 following April 22 AGM. The stock will trade XD from April 23 with payment on May 2.
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