SHARES
COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 03-03-2003

Company			Volume	PreviousDay’s	High	Low	Close	Change
			Close	Open				(Rs.)
Main Board

A.Spen.Hot.Hold.		3,600	45.00	47.75	47.75	47.75	47.75	2.75
ACL			300	38.00	37.50	37.50	37.50	37.50	(0.50)
ACME			1,600	6.75	6.00	6.25	6.00	6.25	(0.50)
Agalawatte			400	10.50	10.75	10.75	10.75	10.75	0.25
Aitken Spence XD1		0,000	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	-
AMW			100	52.00	49.25	49.25	49.25	49.25	(2.75)
Asia Capital		184,300	7.75	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	(0.25)
Asian Hotels		29,500	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	-
Asiri			1,600	18.75	18.75	18.75	18.75	18.75	-
Bairaha Farms		3,700	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	-
Balangoda			200	16.75	16.50	16.50	16.50	16.50	(0.25)
Bata			100	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.50	-
Bogala Graphite		2,500	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	-
Browns Beach		800	9.25	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	(0.50)
Caltex			5,000	108.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	2.00
Central Finance		5,400	102.00	102.75	104.75	100.00	100.00	(2.00)
Central Ind.		1,000	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	-
Central Sec.		1,300	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	10.00	-
Ceylinco Ins.		900	30.25	29.50	30.00	29.50	30.00	(0.25)
Ceylinco Sec.		14,400	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	-
Ceylinco Seylan		400	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	-
Ceylon Glass Co.		3,100	17.50	17.50	17.75	17.50	17.50	-
Ceylon Oxygen		100	94.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	1.00
Ceylon Tobacco		21,600	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	-
CF Venture Fund		10,000	4.50	4.25	4.25	4.25	4.25	(0.25)
Colombo Land 1/-		76,600	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	-
Commercial Bank		1,100	178.00	176.00	176.00	176.00	176.00	(2.00)
Confifi Hotel		2,500	26.75	26.75	26.75	26.75	26.75	-
Dankotuwa Porcel		11,900	12.00	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	0.50
DFCC			400	140.00	140.00	140.00	140.00	140.00	-
Distilleries 1/-		7,700	8.50	8.50	8.75	8.50	8.50	-
Eagle Insurance		100	79.25	79.00	79.00	79.00	79.00	(0.25)
East West			500	7.75	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	0.25
Equity			400	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	-
Galadari			1,100	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	-
Grain Elevators		2,600	15.25	15.25	15.50	15.25	15.50	0.25
Hapugastenne		600	7.25	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	0.25
Haycarb			3.100	39.25	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00	0.75
Hayleys			26,300	126.00	125.25	128.00	125.25	128.00	2.00
Hayleys Exports		200	55.00	56.00	56.00	56.00	56.00	1.00
HNB			11,700	80.00	80.00	80.00	80.00	80.00	-
HNB (NV)			1,500	48.00	48.50	48.50	47.75	47.75	(0.25)
Hotel Sigiriya		500	19.50	21.00	21.00	21.00	21.00	1.50
Hunters 1/-		300	15.00	18.00	18.00	16.00	16.00	1.00
Int.Tourists		4,800	17.50	18.00	18.50	18.00	18.50	1.00
JKH XD			61,300	69.75	69.25	70.00	69.25	69.75	-
Kahawatte XR		2,200	4.25	4.50	4.50	4.25	4.50	-
Keells Food		1,300	14.25	14.25	14.25	14.25	14.25	-
Kegalle			500	12.00	10.75	10.75	10.75	10.75	(1.25)
Kelani Tyres		40,400	9.00	9.00	9.00	8.50	8.50	(0.50)
Kelani Valley		500	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	-
Kotagala			2,000	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	6.25	-
Kuruwita Textile		500	32.00	32.25	32.25	32.25	32.25	0.25
Lanka Cement		500	8.00	7.50	7.50	7.50	7.50	(0.50)
Lanka Hospitals		31,900	17.50	17.50	17.50	17.50	17.50	-
Lanka Tiles		200	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	-
Lanka Walltile		4,000	32.75	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	(0.75)
LB Finance			1,200	10.50	10.25	10.50	10.25	10.50	-
LMF			13,900	11.50	10.50	10.50	10.25	10.25	(1.25)
Madulsima			100	8.25	8.25	8.25	8.25	8.25	-
Mahaweli Reach		1,500	10.00	9.25	9.25	9.25	9.25	(0.75)
Merchant Bank		18,000	4.75	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.50	(0.25)
Nat.Dev.Bank		500	81.00	82.00	82.00	82.00	82.00	1.00
NDB Bank			14,500	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	13.50	-
Nestle			1,500	54.25	53.00	53.00	53.00	53.00	(1.25)
On’Ally			1,400	12.75	12.75	12.75	12.75	12.75	-
Overseas Realty		1,500	3.50	3.75	4.00	3.75	3.75	0.25
Pegasus Hotels		700	9.00	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	(0.50)
Pelwatte			300	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	-
People’s Merch		100	13.00	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	(0.50)
Printcare (Cey)		3,000	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	-
Reefcomber		1,000	6.00	5.75	5.75	5.75	5.75	(0.25)
Riverina Hotels		500	23.00	23.00	23.00	23.00	23.00	-
Royal Ceramics		1,000	16.00	15.25	15.25	15.25	15.25	(0.75)
Royal Palms XD		10,000	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	-
Sampath			200	70.00	70.00	70.00	70.00	70.00	-
Seylan Bank		1,900	48.75	48.00	49.00	48.00	49.00	0.25
Seylan Merchant		800	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	-
Stafford			1,500	6.75	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	0.25
Telecom			47,500	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.25	12.25	(0.25)
Three Acre Farms		36,100	10.00	9.75	9.75	8.75	8.75	(1.25)
Trans Asia			2,400	37.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	36.00	(1.00)
Union Assurance		700	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	32.00	-
United Motors		800	30.25	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	(0.25)
Vanik Incorp Ltd		200	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.80	-
W. M. Mendis		100	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	10.50	-
Watawala			16,400	8.50	8.25	8.25	8.25	8.25	(0.25)

Second Board

Asian Alliance		900	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	-
Lighthouse Hotel		3,300	12.75	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	(0.25)
Nations Trust		27,500	15.25	15.25	15.50	15.25	15.50	0.25
Tess Agro			5,300	9.50	9.50	9.50	9.00	9.00	(0.50)

Default Board

E. B. Creasy		500	18.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	22.50	4.00
Fort Land 3/-		10,700	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	-
Hotel Developers,		500	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	14.50	-
Lanka Ceramic		400	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	18.00	-

Price Indices - 		Today’s		Previous
			Close		Close

CSE All Share Index		746.1		748.5
Milanka Index		1,246.1		1,245.2

Turnover:

Value (Rs.)			19,273,983	31,981,641
Shares (No.)		831,707		1,406,780
Trades (No.)		423		552

Debt
Qty.	Security		Price	InterestChange		Trds
	level			(+)	(-)	
50	Sampath
 	(14.2% USRD - 2004)	1,100.0023.73	50.00	-	1
250	Seylan Bank
	(13.5% USRD - 2003)	99.00	0.07	-	1.50	1
200	Telecom
	(URD 14.5% - 2005)	775.00	102.49	-	-	1
7,500	Vanik Incorp Ltd
	(15% URD - 2007)	4.00	3.37	-	0.25	6

Announcements for the day
DIVIDENDS
Company	Dividend	XD	Date of	Closure
Name		Percentage	Date		Payment	of Books
James Finlay	5% final	28.04.2003	09.05.2003	Kept open