LOLC Securities Market Watch: Daily 10 August 2015

Melissa Pereira Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:25 am

Focus: During the day, ASPI was up by 7 points and S&P SL20 was up by 7 points. Market recorded LKR 1.2 Bn turnover and closed the daily operations in the green zone with blue chip counters such as CARS, DIAL and DIST being the main counters to uplift the main index. SAMP became the highest contributor to the turnover while also recording two crossings and contributing total of LKR 202 Mn to the market turnover. BRR, DIAL, BUKI, JKH, PLC and HAYL also recorded crossings while total crossings represented 36% of the market turnover. Foreign investors remained as net sellers recording a net foreign outflow of LKR 13 Mn with net foreign selling was mainly seen in DIAL and JKH. Today's foreign buying was mainly seen in SAMP and PLC. ASPI started the day at 7370 level and showed a slight upward trend to end the market operations at 7384 level.

§ Bank Finance & Insurance sector contributed mostly to the market turnover while the sector index was up by 0.02%.

§ Foreign investors were in a selling sentiment, while the net foreign outflows amounted to LKR 13 Mn.
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