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COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 29-03-2005
Security			Volume	**V.W.A.	Open	High	Low	**V.W.A.	Change
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Main Board

A.Spen.Hot.Hold		5,300	98.00	95.00	96.00	95.00	95.25	(2.75)
ACL XC			12,400	86.00	87.00	87.00	86.00	86.00	-
ACL Plastics		22,500	44.00	45.00	46.00	45.00	45.50	1.50
ACME			181,400	28.50	28.50	37.00	28.50	34.25	5.75
Ahot Properties		30,800	33.00	33.00	33.50	33.00	33.00	-
Aitken Spence		3,300	380.00	380.00	380.00	377.00	377.00	(3.00)
AMW			2,700	120.00	120.00	124.75	120.00	123.25	3.25
Arpico			4,000	36.50	36.50	36.50	36.00	36.00	(0.50)
Asiri			41,200	36.25	36.00	36.50	35.00	35.25	(1.00)
Bairaha Farms		300	16.00	15.75	16.00	15.75	15.75	(0.25)
Balangoda			100	16.50	16.50	16.50	16.50	16.50	-
Blue Diamonds		84,500	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	-
Blue Diamonds (NV)		55,000	3.75	3.75	3.75	3.50	3.50	(0.25)
Bogala Graphite		303,400	17.00	17.00	21.00	17.00	18.00	1.00
Bogawantalawa		1,200	15.50	14.75	14.75	14.00	14.25	(1.25)
Browns Beach		100	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	29.00	-
Bukit Darah		100	844.25	850.00	850.00	850.00	850.00	5.75
C T Land			18,000	14.00	14.25	14.75	14.00	14.00	-
C.W.Mackie & Co.		59,300	19.75	20.00	22.00	20.00	20.75	1.00
Caltex			15,000	62.50	62.50	62.75	62.00	62.50	-
Central Finance		2,300	140.25	140.00	143.00	140.00	141.25	1.00
Central Ind.		1,000	110.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	110.00	-
Central Sec.		500	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	13.75	-
Ceylinco Ins. XD		61,900	51.00	51.00	51.00	49.00	49.75	(1.25)
Ceylinco Sec.		57,600	22.25	24.00	24.00	22.00	22.25	-
Ceylinco Seylan		813,800	14.00	14.50	16.00	14.50	15.00	1.00
Ceylon Brewery		200	86.00	83.00	83.00	83.00	83.00	(3.00)
Ceylon Glass Co.		14,800	47.50	47.50	47.75	47.00	47.00	(0.50)
Ceylon Guardian XR		2,600	180.00	180.00	180.25	180.00	180.00	-
Ceylon Inv. XR		4,800	101.00	100.50	101.00	100.00	100.00	(1.00)
Ceylon Leather		71,600	14.75	15.25	15.25	14.50	14.50	(0.25)
Ceylon Oxygen		4,600	177.00	177.00	179.75	176.00	177.00	-
CFI			400	27.00	26.50	26.75	26.50	26.75	(0.25)
CIT			1,500	26.50	23.25	23.25	23.25	23.25	(3.25)
Coco Lanka		3,200	28.75	29.00	29.25	29.00	29.25	0.50
Colombo Land 1/-		611,000	6.50	6.50	7.00	6.50	6.75	0.25
Colombo Land 1/- (WAR-CON2009)100,400	2.75	2.75	3.00	2.75	3.00	0.25
Colonial MTR 5/-		4,900	32.25	33.75	35.00	33.75	35.00	2.75
Commercial Bank XD		32,700	185.50	187.00	187.00	186.00	186.50	1.00
Commercial Bank (NV) XD	500	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	-
Commercial Dev.		3,800	38.00	35.00	40.00	35.00	37.50	(0.50)
Confifi Hotel		100	50.25	50.00	50.00	50.00	50.00	(0.25)
Connaissance		1,600	48.00	47.75	47.75	47.50	47.50	(0.50)
Dankotuwa Porcel XD		28,000	18.50	18.75	19.75	18.75	19.00	0.50
DFCC			57,500	220.00	220.00	229.00	220.00	224.00	4.00
DIMO			1,400	109.00	107.00	108.25	105.00	106.50	(2.50)
Dipped Products XD		14,700	92.75	92.00	92.50	92.00	92.50	(0.25)
Dstilleries 1/-		328,000	32.00	32.00	32.25	32.00	32.00	-
Dockyard			35,400	32.00	31.75	32.00	31.00	31.00	(1.00)
Durdans			4,500	28.00	27.00	28.00	27.00	27.00	(1.00)
Durdans (NV)		4,200	21.00	20.75	21.00	20.75	20.75	(0.25)
Eagle Insurance XD XC		8,800	84.00	82.75	83.00	82.75	82.75	(1.25)
East West			32,000	19.25	19.00	19.25	19.00	19.00	(0.25)
Eden Hotel Lanka		80,500	17.00	17.00	17.00	16.75	16.75	(0.25)
Elephant Lite XR		1,200	9.75	9.75	9.75	9.75	9.75	-
Equity			2,000	30.25	30.50	30.50	30.50	30.50	0.25
Galadari			76,800	16.50	16.50	16.50	16.00	16.00	(0.50)
Grain Elevators		28,000	16.00	16.75	16.75	16.00	16.00	-
Hapugastenne		300	12.25	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	0.75
Hayleys 			900	113.00	112.75	114.00	112.75	113.50	0.50
Hayleys - MGT		100	76.50	77.00	77.00	77.00	77.00	0.50
Hayleys Exports		2,000	64.25	64.00	64.00	62.25	62.75	(1.50)
Hemas Holdings		2,700	107.25	107.00	109.75	107.00	109.00	1.75
HNB XD			108,200	55.50	55.00	58.00	55.00	57.75	2.25
HNB (NV) XD		33,500	35.25	35.75	37.00	35.75	37.00	1.75
Hunas Falls		2,500	28.25	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	(0.25)
James Finlay XD		1,400	190.00	200.00	200.00	191.00	199.25	9.25
JKH			49,500	135.75	136.00	136.00	135.00	136.00	0.25
Kahawatte			24,800	7.00	6.75	6.75	6.75	6.75	(0.25)
Keells Food		11,700	33.25	33.50	37.00	33.25	35.35	2.00
Kegalle			11,500	21.50	22.00	23.00	22.00	22.50	1.00
Kelani Cables		200	128.50	121.25	121.25	121.00	121.25	(7.25)
Kelani Valley		27,800	21.50	21.75	22.00	21.75	22.00	0.50
Kelsey			6,000	19.00	22.75	28.00	22.75	24.00	5.00
Kotagala			100	8.50	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	0.25
Kuruwita Textile		83,300	56.75	53.00	55.00	52.00	52.25	(4.50)
Lanka Aluminium		151,000	25.50	24.00	29.00	24.00	26.50	1.00
Lanka Hospitals		60,700	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	-
Lanka IOC			326,700	48.00	48.00	48.25	48.00	48.00	-
Lanka Tiles		300	67.00	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00	(2.00)
Lanka Ventures		143,700	13.50	13.50	13.75	13.50	13.50	-
Lanka Walltile		1,000	51.00	54.50	54.50	54.50	54.50	3.50
Lankem Dev. XR		4,100	29.50	29.75	30.75	29.00	29.00	(0.50)
LB Finance			18,000	49.75	54.75	54.75	45.00	47.00	(2.75)
LB Finance (WAR-CON2006)	18,800	18.00	18.00	18.00	17.00	17.00	(1.00)
Lee Hedges		100	135.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	130.00	(5.00)
LMF			7,700	19.50	19.25	19.25	19.25	19.25	(0.25)
LOLC			100	80.50	85.00	85.00	85.00	85.00	4.50
Madulsima			600	8.75	8.50	8.50	8.50	8.50	(0.25)
Malwatte			1,000	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	-
Maskeliya			900	19.50	19.25	20.75	19.25	19.75	0.25
Merchant Bank XD		96,700	27.00	27.25	29.75	27.25	27.75	0.75
MLL XD			100	38.75	38.00	38.00	38.00	38.00	(0.75)
Mullers			3,800	9.25	9.75	9.75	9.00	9.00	(0.25)
Namunukula		2,100	9.75	10.25	10.25	10.00	10.00	0.25
Nat. Dev. Bank		1,800	155.00	155.00	155.00	155.00	155.00	-
Nations Trust		25,900	21.75	21.50	22.00	21.50	21.50	(0.25)
Nawaloka 1/-		863,600	7.75	7.75	7.75	7.50	7.50	(0.25)
Nestle			700	96.00	96.00	96.00	94.00	95.50	(0.50)
Overseas Realty		24,000	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	8.00	-
PDL			800	23.00	23.25	23.25	23.25	23.25	0.25
Pegasus Hotels		1,200	20.25	22.00	23.00	22.00	22.75	2.50
Pelwatte			41,900	11.50	11.50	11.75	11.50	11.75	0.25
People’s Merch		13,200	19.75	19.25	19.50	19.00	19.00	(0.75)
Reefcomber XR		97,400	23.50	23.00	24.75	23.00	23.75	0.25
Rich Pieris Exp		3,100	31.00	30.75	31.00	30.75	30.75	(0.25)
Richard Pieris		2,866,400	164.00	160.00	165.00	150.00	160.50	(3.50)
Riverina Hotels		900	32.50	32.50	32.50	32.50	32.50	-
Royal Ceramics 1/-		653,400	4.50	4.50	4.50	4.25	4.50	-
Royal Palms		2,600	40.00	43.00	43.00	43.00	43.00	3.00
Sampath XD		24,900	72.00	73.00	76.00	73.00	74.75	2.75
Sathosa Motors		500	53.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	2.00
Selinsing			100	210.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	235.00	25.00
Seylan Bank		239,200	32.25	33.50	35.00	33.00	33.75	1.50
Seylan Bank (non voting)	42,200	17.75	18.00	18.50	17.75	18.25	0.50
Seylan Merchant		180,600	12.75	13.25	14.00	13.25	13.50	0.75
Sigiriya Village		1,000	45.25	45.25	45.25	45.25	45.25	-
Singer Sri Lanka XD		10,200	86.00	86.50	86.75	86.00	86.50	0.50
SLT			120,300	16.25	16.50	16.50	16.25	16.25	-
Soy Foods			1,500	46.00	46.00	46.00	46.00	46.00	-
Stafford			8,400	13.00	13.00	13.00	12.50	12.50	(0.50)
Sunshine Holding		100	72.25	75.00	75.00	75.00	75.00	2.75
Taj Lanka			58,500	18.00	17.75	18.00	17.25	17.75	(0.25)
Tea Smallholder		300	72.00	74.00	74.00	74.00	74.00	2.00
The Finance Co.		243,700	63.00	63.00	63.00	60.00	60.00	(3.00)
Three Acre Farms		13,300	15.00	15.50	15.50	15.00	15.00	-
Trans Asia	500		77.00	80.00	80.00	80.00	80.00	3.00
Union Assurance		100	48.25	48.25	48.25	48.25	48.25	-
United Motors		4,800	44.50	43.75	43.75	43.75	43.75	(0.75)
V Capital Ltd		593,200	7.75	7.75	8.25	7.50	8.00	0.25
Walk & Greig 2/-		1,300	10.00	10.50	10.50	9.50	9.50	(0.50)
Watawala			1,000	16.50	17.00	17.50	17.00	17.25	0.75

Second Board
Asian Alliance		67,100	11.25	11.50	12.25	11.25	11.50	0.25
Asiri Medical		28,500	31.75	31.50	32.50	31.50	32.25	0.50
E - Channelling		20,700	12.50	12.75	15.50	12.75	15.00	2.50
Fortress Resorts XR		11,500	17.00	16.75	17.00	15.25	15.50	(1.50)
HNB Assurance		48,100	13.50	13.25	14.00	13.25	13.75	0.25
Keells Hotels		1,000	86.00	85.25	85.25	85.00	85.00	(1.00)
Marawila Resorts		20,100	8.50	8.75	8.75	8.75	8.75	0.25
Tess Agro 1/-		2,317,100	2.25	2.25	2.50	2.25	2.25	-
Touchwood	1,000		52.25	55.00	55.00	55.00	55.00	2.75
Udapussellawa		800	10.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	1.00

Default Board
Alufab			600	53.00	40.25	40.50	40.25	40.50	(12.50)
Ascot			10,800	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	20.00	-
Asia Capital		6,013,600	20.50	20.75	23.00	20.75	22.00	1.50
Cey Theatres 8/-		100	1,100.00	1,100.00	1,100.00	1,100.00	1,100.00	-
CFT			700	47.50	48.00	48.00	47.00	47.25	(0.25)
Ferntea Ltd			1,000	15.00	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	0.50
Fort Land 3/-		73,400	24.25	24.50	25.75	24.50	25.00	0.75
Hotel Developers		9,200	115.50	115.00	115.00	112.00	112.00	(3.50)
Kapila Heavy		700	11.00	10.75	10.75	10.75	10.75	(0.25)
Kelani Tyres		94,800	11.00	10.75	11.00	10.75	11.00	-
Lanka Cement		27,700	10.00	10.00	10.50	10.00	10.25	0.25
Lanka Ceramic		300	24.25	24.75	24.75	24.75	24.75	0.50
Singalanka			400	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	1.00
Vanik Incorp Ltd		130,400	1.50	1.50	1.75	1.50	1.50	-
Vanik Incorp Ltd (NV)		10,000	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	1.25	-
York Arcade 5/-		11,200	11.75	11.25	11.25	11.25	11.25	(0.50)


Equity
			Today		Prv. Day

Value of Turnover	
(Rs.)			754,941,482	373,918,983
Traded Quantity		19,470,752	23,588,779
No. of Trades		3,782		4,185
Market Cap.
(Rs.)			443,727,029,601	442,420,268,628


Corporate Debt
			Today		Prv. Day
Value of Turnover
(Rs.)			206,800		608,605
Volume of Turnover
(No.)			2,500		6,,060
Trades (No.)		4		5
Market Cap.
(Rs.)			11,093,990,865	11,098,101,375


Govt. Securities
			Today		Prv. Day

Value of Turnover
(Rs.)			5,304,964.00	6,808,927.00
Traded Quantity		4,846,815		6,561,795
No. of Trades		3		9


Equity Indices

Price Indices - 		Today		Prv. Day

CSE All Share Index		1,731.56		1,726.47
Milanka Price Index		2,340.11		2,330.94

Total Return Indices

Tri On All Shares
(ASTRI)			1,819.34		1,813.99
Tri On Milanka Shares
(MTRI)			2,465.80		2,456.13


Debt

Qty.	Security		Price	Interest	Change		Trds
			level		(+)	(-)	

500	HNB		102.75XD	1.54	-	-	1
	(13.75% USRD-2002/07)
1,500	HNB		103.00XD	1.54	-	0.25	1
	(13.75% USRD-2002/07)
200	Vanik Incorp Ltd	2.00	3.25	-	-	1
	(11% URD-2007)
300	Vanik Incorp Ltd	1.75	3.25	-	-	1
	(11% URD-2007)

Dividends

Company Name	Dividend	XD Date	Payment	Closure of
	Percentage		Date	Books

Aitken Spence &	25%	31.03.2005	12.04.2005	Kept Open
Co. Ltd
Hayleys Ltd	17.5%	06.04.2005	20.04.2005	Kept Open
Ceylinco Insurance	2%	12.04.2005	27.04.2005	Kept Open
Co. Ltd
Sampath Bank	5%	14.03.2005	05.04.2005	24.03.2005 to 30.03.2005
(Amended)





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