LOLC Securities Market Watch: Weekly 20 July 2015

Melissa Pereira Mon Jul 20, 2015 10:19 am

Bourse started and closed the week on a positive note recording gains in indices amid the uncertain political situation of the country. Highest turnover was reported on Friday for the week while foreign investors remained net
sellers for most of the days.

Nineteen crossings were recorded during the week while SPEN and JKH accounted for eight out of them.

Bank, Finance and Insurance sector contributed mostly to the market turnover while telecommunication sector became the highest gainer(+10.69%).

SLTL, DIAL and COMB lifted up the ASPI by 52.19 points while JFIN dragged down the index by around 1.75 points. ASPI and S&P SL20 up by 177.84 points and 108.48
points respectively.

Rupee increased during the week and closed at LKR 133.66 per USD. One year T-bill rate increased and closed at 6.4%. Gold prices depreciated and closed at 1,144.15$/Oz while oil prices depreciated to close at 50.71$/Barrel.

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