Thursday, March 24, 2016

Sri Lanka *market update* ASPI close up 0.3-pct, T/O Rs. 488 Mn

ASPI closed at 6,092.45, down 18.95 points or 0.31 percent with gains in some index heavy stocks. The main index saw gains in Carson and Cumberbatch and John Keela Holdings. Turnover was 488 million rupees with 71 counters closing positive and 51 negative.  (Mar 24, 2016 3.00 p.m)

Asian stocks markets were down for a second day as oil prices dropped below the 40 US dollars a barrel, foreign media reports said. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.5 percent to 128.10 Thursday morning while Japan’s Topix index slipped 0.6 percent.. South Korea’s Kospi index dropped 0.3 percent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index lost 1.1 percent.. Markets in China and Hong Kong have yet to start trading. (Mar 24, 2016 7.30 a.m)

 

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