LOLC Securities Market Watch: Daily 6 August 2015

Melissa Pereira Fri Aug 07, 2015 10:14 am

Focus: During the day, ASPI was up by 11 points and S&P SL20 was up by 9 points. Market recorded LKR 2.4 Bn turnover and closed the daily operations in the positive side while JKH, DIAL and SINS being the main contributors to the upward movement in the index. TJL topped the turnover list while also recording three crossings and contributing LKR 629 Mn to the turnover. 14 crossings were recorded during the day while total crossings represented 45% of the market turnover. Foreign investors continued to be on selling side recording a net foreign outflow of LKR 266 Mn with net foreign selling was mainly seen in JKH and LIOC. Today's foreign buying was mainly seen in TJL, PLC and SAMP. ASPI started the day at 7368 level and showed a upward trend to end the market operations at 7377 level.

§ Manufacturing sector contributed mostly to the market turnover while the sector index was down by 0.2%.

§ Foreign investors were in a selling sentiment, while the net foreign outflows amounted to LKR 266 Mn.

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