The ASPI gained due to price gains in market heavy weights such as Hemas Holdings, Dialog Axiata, Asian Hotels and Properties, Ceylon Beverage Holdings and Cargills. The All Share Price Index gained 12.9 points to close at 6,583.5 (+0.2%), while the S&P SL20 Index gained 3.1 points to close at 3,446.5(+0.1%). Total turnover for the day stood at LKR 952.2mn (USD 6,519.8k) vs. 12-months average daily turnover of LKR 1,038.1mn (USD 7,108.5k), whilst the volume traded for the day was 18,264k against the 12-month average daily volume of 40,082k. Top contributory counters towards the day’s turnover were Commercial Bank of Ceylon (Voting) LKR 328.9mn (USD 2,252.0k, -0.4%), National Development Bank LKR 202.5mn (USD 1,386.3k, 0.0%), John Keells Holdings (Voting) LKR 80.2mn (USD 549.0k, +0.2%), Commercial Bank of Ceylon (Nonvoting) LKR 31.7mn (USD 216.8k, 0.0%), Swisstek LKR 26.2mn (USD 179.3k, +3.3%). Foreign purchases amounted to LKR 258.2mn (USD 1,768.1k), whilst foreign sales amounted to LKR 704.6mn (USD 4,824.7k). This resulted in a net foreign outflow of LKR 446.4mn being recorded at the end of the day’s trading
Asian stocks rose higher on Wednesday, with several major indexes advancing more than 1 percent each, with the regional equities benchmark gauge rebounding from a seven-week low. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index climbed 0.8 percent to 125.95 while Japan’s Nikkei 225 was up 1.76 percent, with shares receiving an additional boost from a relatively weaker yen against the dollar. In Korea the Kospi advanced 1.06 percent and In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng was higher by 2.38 percent. In mainland China the Shanghi composite up by 0.58 percent and the Shenzhen composite adding 0.95 percent.
In Oil – Oil prices advanced in early Asian hours on Wednesday, with global benchmark Brent futures up 1.15 percent to USD 49.17 while U.S crude futures added 1.28 percent to USD 49.24.
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