The milestone was reached with the listing of Multi Finance last week (30 May) whilst the week also saw two more listings, Commercial Credit on 1 June and Mercantile Investments on 2 June. In the previous week, the number of listed companies amounted to only 249.
The three firms listed last week were by way of introductions. By end 2010, the number of companies listed on the CSE was 241 and since then there had been 11 additions. The number so far this year has already surpassed the total new listing of 10 achieved in 2010.
http://www.ft.lk/2011/06/06/number-of-listed-companies-top-250/