Thursday, April 5, 2012

Weekly market review

MARKET REVIEW

Colombo equity market continued its lackluster momentum this week with little movement in indices over the period. ASI closed at 5,423.25, up marginally by 3.05 points (+0.06%WoW) while liquid MPI settled at 4,893.67, up marginally by 2.09 points (+2.09%WoW). Average daily turnover stood at Rs.997.4mn. Foreign participation stood at 19.4% of the total market activity and at the end of the week foreign investors were the net buyers with a net foreign inflow of Rs.787.5mn.

The market wrapped up the weekly operations on a positive note on Thursday. ASI increased by 22.34 points (+0.41%) to close at 5,423.25 and liquid MPI gained by 16.36 points (+0.34%) to end at 4,893.67. Market turnover registered at Rs.635.0mn. Sigiriya Village Plc (Rs.184.3mn) recorded the highest turnover for the day recording an off-the-floor deal. In addition Union Bank Plc (Rs.117.5mn) and John Keells Holdings Plc (Rs.54.1mn) contributed notably to the daily turnover. Meanwhile Swarnamahal Financial Plc, HVA Foods Plc and Environmental Resources Plc traded heavily during the day

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