 | |
- close
- close
|
Bloomberg
Nov 26
Comment
Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange
is planning its first exchange-traded fund and to increase stock
listings as investor interest grows in Asia’s best-performing
market following the end of the country’s 26-year civil war.
Bloomberg
Oct 2
Comment
Sri Lanka stocks, Asia’s best
performers this year, approached a record high as the end of the
island’s civil war and inflation at the weakest pace in at least
five years stokes an economic recovery.
|
Topic
Top news source/blog that we're missing
Why do you recommend this news source?
|
||
more ▼WIKI ANALYSIS
WIKI ANALYSIS
 |
This article describes a stock exchange on which stocks and other securities are traded. View articles referencing this exchange. |
TOP CONTRIBUTORS
As of 31 December 2007, the Colombo Stock Exchange had 235 listed companies[1] with a combined market capitalization of $7.6 billion.[2]
Basic Information
- Owner:
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Time Zone: Indian Standard Time (GMT+5:30)
- Currency: Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR)
Exchange Symbols
- Google Finance: COL
- Thomson Reuters: SL
- Yahoo! Finance:
Market Information
| 2004[4] | 2005[5] | 2006[6] | 2007[7] | |
| Number of Listed Companies | 242 | 239 | 237 | 235 |
| Domestic Market Capitalization (in $ million) | 3,657 | 5,720 | 7,769 | 7,553 |
| Value of Shares Traded (in $ million) | 575 | 1,096 | 1,010 | 950 |
| Average Daily Turnover (in $ million) | 2.4 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 |
| Average Value of Trades (in $ thousand) | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| New Capital Raised from Initial Public Offerings (in $ million) | 57 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| New Capital Raised from Secondary Public Offerings (in $ million) | 53 | 6 | 19 | 390 |
| Number of Trading Days | 240 | 238 | 241 | 241 |
Creating Articles for Stocks listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange
To create an article for a stock listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange, follow these steps:
- Type Stock:Company Name (CompanyTicker-SL) into the Wikinvest search box and click Search.
- Click on the link adjacent to Be the first person to create the page.
- Type {{new_stock}}, [[Category:Colombo Stock Exchange]] and [[Category:Investing in Sri Lanka]] on separate lines into the text box and click Save page to create the article.
Indices
Benchmark Index
Constituent Indices
- All Share Index (ALLSHARE-SL)
- Milanka Price Index (MPI-SL)
Sector Indices
- Banks, Finance and Insurance (BFI-SL)
- Beverages, Food and Tobacoo (BFT-SL)
- Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals (C&P-SL)
- Construction and Engineering (C&E-SL)
- Diversified Holdings (DIV-SL)
- Footwear and Textile (F&T-SL)
- Health Care (HCR-SL)
- Hotels and Travels
- Information Technology (ITT-SL)
- Investment Trusts (INV-SL)
- Land and Property (L&P-SL)
- Manufacturing (MFG-SL)
- Motors (MTR-SL)
- Oil Palms (OIL-SL)
- Plantations (PLT-SL)
- Power and Energy (P&E-SL)
- Services (SRV-SL)
- Stores Supplies (S&S)
- Telecommunications (TLE-SL)
- Trading (TRD-SL)
Stocks listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange
References
- ↑ Number of Listed Companies (2006, 2007), World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ Domestic Market Capitalization (2006, 2007), World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Market Hours, Colombo Stock Exchange
- ↑ Annual Statistics 2004, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ Annual Statistics 2005, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ Annual Statistics 2006, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
- ↑ Annual Statistics 2007, Equity Markets, World Federation of Exchanges
| ||||||
|
|
