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COLOMBO STOCK EXCHANGE 
STOCK MARKET STATISTICS 26-05-2006
SECURITY		VOLUME	** V.W.A	OPEN	HIGH	LOW	** V.W.A.	CHANGE
			PREVIOUS				TODAYS	(RS.)
			CLOSE				CLOSE	
Main Board
ACME		122,200	20.50	21.50	23.00	21.50	22.00	1.50
Agalawatte		541,100	25.50	27.00	33.50	27.00	28.00	2.50
Ahot Properties	1,000	48.75	49.00	49.00	49.00	49.00	0.25
Ascot		1,000	52.50	51.75	51.75	51.75	51.75	(0.75)
Asiri		1,000	57.00	58.50	58.50	58.50	58.50	1.50
Associated Prop.	100	76.50	73.00	73.00	73.00	73.00	(3.50)
Balangoda		588,000	20.00	21.00	22.00	19.00	19.75	(0.25)
Blue Diamonds	11,300	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	-
Blue Diamonds (NV)	29,000	1.60	1.60	1.60	1.60	1.60	-
Bogala Graphite 	1,600	25.00	25.00	26.00	25.00	26.00	1.00
Bogawantalawa	52,800	19.00	19.50	21.00	18.50	19.00	-
Browns Beach	24,000	30.25	29.50	29.50	28.00	28.25	(2.00)
Bukit Darah           XD	400	1,355.00	1,307.25	1,307.25	1,307.25	1,307.25	(47.75)
C T Land		11,300	12.00	12.00	12.00	11.75	11.75	(0.25)
C.W. Mackie & Co.	18,100	22.50	23.00	23.50	23.00	23.25	0.75
Caltex		5,500	69.00	69.00	69.50	69.00	69.25	0.25
Cargo Boat		1,600	27.25	26.50	26.75	26.50	26.50	(0.75)
Central Finance	15,400	178.00	178.00	180.00	174.50	179.50	1.50
Central Sec.	600	38.50	38.50	38.50	38.50	38.50	-
Ceylinco Housing	4,000	40.50	40.00	40.50	39.50	39.75	(0.75)
Ceylinco Ins.	1,500	161.25	165.00	165.00	160.00	160.00	(1.25)
Ceylinco Sec.	89,900	20.25	20.75	20.75	19.75	20.00	(0.25)
Ceylinco Seylan	27,600	9.50	9.25	9.50	9.25	9.25	(0.25)
Ceylon Brewery	300	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	-
Ceylon Glass 1/-	13,500	1.90	1.90	2.00	1.90	2.00	0.10
Ceylon Guardian    XD	200	130.00	133.75	133.75	133.75	133.75	3.75
Ceylon Inv.            XD	300	73.50	73.00	73.00	73.00	73.00	(0.50)
Ceylon Leather	31,400	18.75	19.00	19.75	19.00	19.25	0.50
Ceylon Oxygen     XD	400	179.25	175.00	179.00	175.00	176.25	(3.00)
Ceylon Tobacco	700	59.00	59.75	59.75	59.00	59.00	-
CFI		100	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	-
Chemanex		300	104.50	104.00	104.00	104.00	104.00	(0.50)
CIC		11,800	188.50	190.00	190.00	185.00	186.25	(2.25)
CIC (NV)		56,600	109.75	110.25	110.25	107.00	108.50	(1.25)
CIT		12,400	17.25	17.25	19.00	17.25	18.50	1.25
COL Pharmacy 5/-	100	216.75	218.00	218.00	218.00	218.00	1.25
Commercial Bank	16,700	153.75	155.00	155.00	153.00	154.50	0.75
Commercial Bank (NV)	700	67.00	67.00	67.00	67.00	67.00	-
DFCC		4,600	271.25	271.00	272.00	270.00	270.25	(1.00)
Dialog 1/-             XD	3,244,000	21.50	21.75	21.75	21.25	21.25	(0.25)
Dipped Products	1,800	79.50	78.50	78.50	78.50	78.50	(1.00)
Distilleries 1/-	109,900	44.75	45.00	45.00	44.50	44.50	(0.25)
Dockyard		2,400	23.50	22.00	24.00	22.00	22.00	(1.50)
Durdans		700	39.00	38.00	38.25	38.00	38.00	(1.00)
Durdans (NV)	400	23.50	23.25	23.25	23.25	23.25	(0.25)
East West		3,000	14.00	13.75	14.00	13.50	13.75	(0.25)
Eden Hotel Lanka	1,100	13.00	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	(0.50)
Equity Two Ltd	200	12.00	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50	(0.50)
Galadari		4,100	10.75	10.75	10.75	10.50	10.50	(0.25)
Gestentner		1,000	44.75	40.25	44.50	40.25	42.50	(2.25)
Good Hope    XD	1,000	200.00	190.00	190.00	190.00	190.00	(10.00)
Grain Elevators	12,500	13.25	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	(0.25)
Hapugastenne	44,900	17.00	18.00	19.50	15.50	15.50	(1.50)
Haycarb		100	31.50	35.00	35.00	35.00	35.00	3.50
Hayleys		1,500	93.00	93.75	93.75	93.00	93.00	-
HDFC		800	164.50	168.00	168.00	168.00	168.00	3.50
Hemas Holdings	1,000	105.00	101.00	105.00	100.00	103.25	(1.75)
HNB		2,300	112.50	112.00	112.50	112.00	112.50	-
HNB Assurance	13,400	18.50	18.50	18.50	18.25	18.50	-
HNB (NV)		1,700	47.00	47.25	47.25	47.00	47.00	-
Horana		261,000	22.50	23.00	26.50	23.00	24.00	1.50
Hotel Sigiriya	2,000	37.50	36.00	36.00	31.00	32.75	(4.75)
JKH		24,400	144.50	144.00	145.00	144.00	144.00	(0.50)
John Keells		2,800	95.00	95.00	96.00	95.00	95.00	-
Kahawatte		4,855,400	8.00	8.00	12.00	8.00	8.75	0.75
Kandy Hotels 1/-	1,400	94.75	93.00	93.00	90.75	90.75	(4.00)
Kapil Heavy	500	16.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	14.00	(2.00)
Kegalle		186,700	53.75	55.00	60.00	54.50	57.50	3.75
Kelani Cables	200	73.50	72.75	72.75	72.50	72.75	(0.75)
Kelani Tyres	1,600	11.75	11.75	12.00	11.50	11.50	(0.25)
Kelani Valley	212,700	46.00	46.75	50.00	46.75	47.50	1.50
Kotagala		514,500	22.25	22.50	24.50	22.50	23.25	1.00
Kuruwita Textile	200	45.00	45.25	45.50	45.25	45.50	0.50
Lake House Prin.	500	30.00	27.00	27.00	27.00	27.00	(3.00)
Lanka Aluminium	4,500	24.75	25.00	25.00	25.00	25.00	0.25
Lanka Cement	500	6.25	6.50	6.50	6.50	6.50	0.25
Lanka Hospitals	10,400	18.50	18.50	19.00	18.50	19.00	0.50
Lanka IOC		44,900	24.25	24.00	24.25	24.00	24.00	(0.25)
Lanka Tiles	4,100	67.00	66.00	70.00	66.00	69.00	2.00
Lanka Walltile	500	42.50	45.00	45.00	45.00	45.00	2.50
Lankem Ceylon	900	46.00	46.00	48.00	46.00	46.75	0.75
Lankem Dev.	12,000	17.50	17.75	17.75	17.00	17.00	(0.50)
Laxapana		5,500	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	-
LB Finance (WAR-CON2006)9,200	12.00	11.75	12.00	11.75	11.75	(0.25)
LMF		10,000	24.25	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	(0.25)
LOLC		100	96.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	95.00	(1.00)
Madulsima		322,700	9.50	9.75	10.50	9.25	9.25	(0.25)
Mahaweli Reach	400	27.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	24.00	(3.00)
Maskeliya		3,300	25.00	26.00	27.00	25.00	25.00	-
Merchant Bank	75,000	15.00	15.00	15.50	15.00	15.25	0.25
Mullers 1/-		11,200	1.10	1.10	1.10	1.10	1.10	-
Namunukula	234,000	18.00	18.25	19.75	17.75	18.50	0.50
Nations Trust	12,100	21.75	21.75	21.75	21.50	21.50	(0.25)
Nawaloka 1/-	35,000	2.10	2.10	2.10	2.10	2.10	-
Nestle		1,700	180.00	180.00	180.00	180.00	180.00	-
On’ally		600	36.00	34.50	36.00	34.50	34.75	(1.25)
Overseas Realty	37,200	17.50	17.00	17.50	17.00	17.25	(0.25)
Parquet		1,100	23.75	23.00	24.00	23.00	23.00	(0.75)
Pegasus Hotels	12,500	22.50	22.25	22.50	20.25	20.50	(2.00)
Pelwatte		38,500	31.75	31.75	32.00	31.75	32.00	0.25
People’s Merch	500	30.25	30.50	31.00	30.25	31.00	0.75
Radiant Gems	100	16.00	15.50	15.50	15.50	15.50	(0.50)
Reefcomber 1/-	125,500	1.30	1.20	1.20	1.20	1.20	(0.10)
Rich Pieris Exp	17,000	22.50	22.50	24.75	21.50	22.75	0.25
Richard Pieris	17,600	68.00	70.00	75.00	70.00	70.00	2.00
Riverina Hotels	400	31,25	32.00	32.00	31.00	31.25	-
Royal Ceramic 1/-	4,400	2.90	2.90	3.00	2.90	3.00	0.10
Sampath		2,900	81.75	82.50	85.00	82.50	84.00	2.25
Samson Internat.	600	44.00	43.00	43.00	43.00	43.00	(1.00)
Seylan Bank	200	34.50	34.50	34.50	33.00	33.00	(1.50)
Seylan Bank (NV)	24,300	13.00	13.00	13.25	12.75	13.00	-
Seylan Merchant	7,900	7.00	7.00	7.50	7.00	7.25	0.25
Singer Sri Lanka	1,100	58.00	58.00	58.00	58.00	58.00	-
SLT		136,500	17.75	18.00	18.00	17.50	17.50	(0.25)
Taj Lanka		100	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	-
Talawakelle	68,400	27.75	28.00	29.50	27.25	27.25	(0.50)
Tangerine		3,000	50.00	48.00	48.00	45.00	45.00	(5.00)
Tea Smallholder	4,600	62.50	62.50	69.75	62.50	66.25	3.75
The Finance Co.	5,900	58.50	58.50	59.00	58.25	58.50	-
Three Acre Farms	100	12.50	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	0.50
Tokyo Cement (NV)	189,500	11.75	12.00	12.00	11.75	11.75	-
United Motors	1,000	82.00	82.25	82.25	81.50	82.00	-
Walk and Greig 2/-	6,000	8.00	8.25	8.25	8.00	8.00	-
Watawala		17,100	47.50	45.00	52.00	45.00	45.75	(1.75)
Second Board
Asha Central	6,600	37.75	37.00	37.00	37.00	37.00	(0.75)
Asiri Surg 1/-	13,000	2.80	2.90	2.80	2.90	2.90	0.10
E- Channelling	12,200	21.50	11.75	11.75	11.25	11.25	(1.25)
Elpitiya		200	25.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	30.00	5.00
Fortress Resorts     XR	1,000	11.75	11.50	11.50	11.25	11.50	(0.25)
Marawila Resorts	7,200	7.00	6.25	6.75	6.75	6.75	(0.25)
S.M. Leasing	600	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	28.00	-
Sierra 1/-		50,600	1.90	2.00	2.00	1.90	2.00	0.10
Tess Agro 1/-	248,000	1.10	1.10	1.10	1.10	1.10	-
Touchwood		17,300	60.75	60.75	61.00	60.00	60.50	(0.25)
Udapussellawa	7,700	18.75	19.00	19.00	17.00	18.25	(0.50)
Vallibel		78,200	6.00	6.00	6.50	6.00	6.25	0.25
Vidullanka             XR	100	21.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	22.00	1.00
Default Board
Alufab		500	38.25	37.50	37.50	37.00	37.25	(1.00)
Asia Capital	4,600	13.00	12.50	12.50	12.50	12.50	(0.50)
Ferntea Ltd.	1,700	20.00	21.00	22.75	20.00	20.00	-
Fort Land 3/	1,000	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	17.00	-
Hotel Developers	600	77.25	75.25	75.25	75.25	75.25	(2.00)
Kotmale Holdings	5,500	10.50	10.50	10.75	10.50	10.75	0.25
Malwatte		1,263,000	12.75	13.00	15.00	13.00	14.25	1.50
Vanik Incorp Ltd.	32,500	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	-	
Equity details		Today	          		Prv. Day
Value of Turnover (Rs.)	273,719,481.25	          163,526,590.00
Volume of Turnover (No.)	14,477,996	          8,137,707
Trades (No.)	                4,309         		 4,186
Market Cap. (Rs.)		674,950,645,863.59	           677,832,471,659.59

Govt. Securities		Today			Prv. Day
			24-05.2006
Value of Turnover (Rs.)	1,000.22			192,133.43
Volume of Turnover (No.)	1,051			190,000
Trades (No.)		1			1

Equity Indices
Price Indices - 		Today			Prv. Day
CSE All Share Index		2,211.59			2,221.04
Milanka Price Index		2,805.72			2,823.26

Total Return Indices
Tri On All Shares (ASTRI)	2,404.33			2,414.61
Tri On Milanka Shares (MTRI)	3,059.42			3,078.54

Announcement for the day: 26.5.2006

Dividends

Company Name	Dividend	XD Date	Payment	Closure of
	Percentage		Date	Books

Harischandra Mills	100% interim	5.6.06	21.6.06	15.6.06 to 21.6.06
John Keells Holdings	10% final	14.6.06	30.6.06	26.6.06 to 30.6.06
Ceylon Cold Stores	30% first &	16.6.06	28.6.06	Kept open
	final
Asian Hotel and
 Properties	10% final	20.6.06	30.6.06	Kept open

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