Trade Summary Market - 18/06/2013

sriranga · 1 Trade Summary Market - 18/06/2013 Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:05 pm

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sriranga · 2 Following Stocks Reached New High / Low on 18/06/2013 Tue Jun 18, 2013 4:06 pm

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Redbulls · 4 Indices broadly flat amidst sluggish activity Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:39 pm

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WRITTEN BY THARANGA SENARATNE

Jun 18, 2013 (LBT) - Indices closed broadly flat: The bourse extended its consolidation phase while activity remained dormant. The benchmark index mirrored marginal fluctuations and remained broadly flat during mid-day before dipping 26 points at close primarily denoting losses in; NDB Capital Holdings (-9.1%), Ceylon Beverage Holdings (-8.2%) and Sri Lanka Telecom (-1.2%). The S&P SL20 index closed on a marginally positive note reflecting the gain in Ceylon Tobacco Company (+1.2%).

CTC gathered interest spearheading the turnover: Ceylon Tobacco Company continued to gather investor focus as it attracted on-board interest gaining 2.0% at its new 52-week high of LKR1010.0 while it recorded the sole crossing for the day; 25k shares at a 52-week high (off-board) price of LKR1000,0. The counter closed with a gain of 1.2% at LKR1,002.2.

BFI sector added 28% to turnover backed by larger banks: Hatton National Bank edged up to the top turnover slot denoting activity weighing largely on the selling side. Turnover in the counter heightened with a block of c.64k shares which was transacted on-board at LKR163.0 before it closed with a marginal gain at LKR164.0 (+0.3%). Commercial Bank gathered some interest trading between LKR116.3 and LKR116.9. Both counters denote impressive valuations at current levels with PER standing at 5.9x and 6.8x for 2014E respectively. Diversifieds; Expolanka (+1.5%) and John Keells Holdings (-0.1%) also witnessed some activity while the former saw several mid-sized on-board blocks. Renewed interest stemmed in PC House as a block of 1.3 mn shares were transacted on-board at LKR2.0. Retailers on a watchful mode: Retail activity remained low and surrounded a few counters. PC House, Expo Lanka, Blue Diamond [Non-Voting] and Nation Lanka Finance depicted some interest.
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sriranga · 5 LSL Market Review – 18 June 2013 Tue Jun 18, 2013 5:40 pm

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Colombo stock market indices ended mixed on Tuesday, as number of blue-chip shares moved in opposite directions. ASI extended losses for the second consecutive day to fall to 6-week low of 6,193.00. (-26.11 points,-0.4%). S&P SL 20 index managed to stay on positive ground at 3,497.12 (+0.33%,+0.01%). Drop in prices in index heavy weights such as NDB Capital Holdings (LKR 450.00,-9%), Ceylon Brewery (LKR 550.00,-8%) and George Stuart Finance (LKR 630.00,-2%) contributed to the negative performance in ASI. On the other hand, blue-chips such as Ceylon Tobacco (LKR 1,000.00,+1%), Asian Hotel Properties (LKR 73.10,+3%) and Ceylon Theaters (LKR 145.00,+2%) contributed positively to the S&P index performance.

Turnover fell to a 9 week low of LKR 292mn on a volume of 23.8mn shares. Top contributors to the turnover were Ceylon Tobacco (LKR 65mn), Hatton National Bank (LKR 22mn) and PC House (LKR 15mn). The only crossing for the day was recorded in Ceylon Tobacco where a block of 25,000 shares were traded at LKR 1,000.00 per share.

Heavy activity was seen in retail favorite PC House. 7.2mn shares of PCH were traded today in 644 trades and the stock closed at LKR 2.00, down by LKR 0.60 or 23%. Further Nation Lanka Finance (LKR 9.70,-4.0%), Vallibel One (LKR 18.80,0%) and Colombo Land (LKR 47.70,-1.7%) were among the actively traded counters for the day. Cashmap for today was 40% and losers outweigh the gainers, 151 to 58.

Foreigners were net buyers of LKR 33mn worth of shares and foreign participation accounted for 26% of the market activity. Net foreign buying was seen in counters such as Ceylon Tobacco (LKR 33mn), Expo Lanka (LKR 5mn) and Chevron Lubricants (LKR 3mn).