LOLC Securities Market Watch: Weekly 7 August 2015

Melissa Pereira Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:55 am

Bourse closed the weekly operations on a mixed note following two consecutive positive trading days. Highest turnover was recorded on Thursday while foreign investors remained as net sellers through out the week.

Forty crossings were recorded during the week while JKH accounted for thirteen out of them.

Bank, Finance and Insurance and Diversified sector contributed mostly to the market turnover while trading sector became the highest gainer(+4.02%).

HHL, DIST and DIAL lifted up the ASPI by 16.01 points while JKH dragged down the index by around 12.24 points. ASPI up by 38.55 points and S&P SL20 down by
10.75 points .

Rupee increased during the week and closed at LKR 133.77 per USD. One year T-bill rate increased and closed at 6.49%. Gold prices depreciated and closed at 1,091.80$/Oz while oil prices decreased to close at 44.82$/Barrel.
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