All share index closed 6.10 points higher at 1627.91 while Milanka closed 20.26 points higher at 1692.67. Turnover was Rs 389.5 million mainly due to two large crossings (Negotiated deals outside trading floor) in Nation Trust Bank & Commercial Bank of Ceylon.
Investor interest reported in Vallibel Power & over 4 million shares traded during the day. Vallibel closed 20 cents higher at Rs 3.30.

Announcements

23-Mar-2009 INTERIM FINANCIAL REPORTS OF LISTED COMPANIES.

The following companies have released their Quarterly Financial Statements for the quarter ending 31st December 2008 to the CSE. These reports are available for free download from the relevant Company Profiles on the CSE website.Listed Company ID:-Errata Notice – Quarterly Financial Report of “DIMO” has been released to the Market on 23-03-2009.Released to the market on 11-03-2009 – CFVF, MAL, HUEJReleased to the market on 09-03-2009 – KURU, DIST, CSF & KDLABAN, ACL, ACME, AEC, AHPL, AHUN, ALLI, APDL, APLA, ARPI, ASCO, ASHO, ASIR, ASPH, AUTO, BALA, BBH, BFL, BHR, BINN, BLUE, BOC, BOGA, BOPL, BREW, BRWN, BUKI, CABO, CARE, CARG, CARS, CCS, CDIC, CERA, CFI, CFIN, CFLB, CFT, CHL, CHMX, CHOT, CIC, CIND, CINV, CIT, CLND, CLPL, COCO, COLO, COML, CONN, CPRT, CSD, CTC, CTEA, CTHR, CTLD, CWM, DFCC, DIAL,DIMO, DIPD, DPL, EAST, EBCR, EDEN, EMER, EQIT, ETWO, GEST, GHLL, GOOD, GREG, GUAR, HARI, LCEY, LDEV, HASU, HAYC, HAYL, HDFC, HEXP, HNB, HHL, HOPL, HUNA, HUNT, INDO, JKH, JKL, KAHA, KAPI, KCAB, KFP, KGAL, KHC, KHL, KOTA, KZOO, LALU, LCEY LFIN, LHCL, LHL, LIOC, LION, LITE, LMF, LOLC, LPRT, LVEN, LWL, LWL(AMENDED), MADU, MASK, MGT, MIRA, MORI, MRH, MSL, MULL, NAMU, NDB, NEH, NEST, NHL, OFEQ, ONAL, PALM, PARA, PARQ, PDL, PEG, PHAR, PMB, RCL, REEF, RENU, REXP, RGEM, RHL, RICH, RPBH, SELI, SEMB, SERV, SEYB, SFCL, SHAL, SHAW, SHOT, SIGV, SIL, SING, SLND, SLTL, SMLL, SMOT, SOY, SPEN, STAF, SUGA, SUN, SWAD, TAJ, TANG, TFC, TKYO, TRAN, TSML, TYRE , UAL, UCAR, UML, VLL, WATA and YORK.

20-Mar-2009 UNION ASSURANCE PLC

John Keells Holdings PLC has made the following acquisitions of Union Assurance PLC shares on 20 March 2009.165,500 at Rs.70.00

20-Mar-2009 DOW JONES SAFE 100 INDEX LAUNCHED

Islamabad: In order to promote the South Asian region as a combined investment destination for the global fund managers/investors, South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE) in collaboration with Dow Jones Indexes Inc, New York, has launched first ever Dow Jones SAFE 100 Index comprising prominent companies listed on the major exchanges of the region. The index launching ceremony has been held in the annual general assembly of the SAFE held on March 11, 2009 at Abu Dhabi. Mr. Michael A. Petronella, president, Dow Jones Indexes, said that the South Asia is home to some of the most rapidly evolving financial markets worldwide. By further developing securities markets and aiming at their regional and international integration, the SAFE had been contributing significantly to these developments. The Dow Jones SAFE Indexes will provide market participants with accurate, transparent and reliable performance measures of leading companies in the SAARC region. He said that such indexes were yet another example of Dow Jones Indexes’ commitment to index excellence. Mr. Aftab Ahmad Ch. Secretary General SAFE and MD/CEO Islamabad Stock Exchange said that we are very delighted to launch the Dow Jones SAFE 100 index jointly with Dow Jones Indexes, well-known for reliable and world-class indexes. As a representative body of South Asian Exchanges, our effort had been to present the entire region as one investment destination and the launch of the Dow Jones SAFE 100 Index is an effort in the same direction. The index showcases the region as one asset class and can thanks to its superior methodology be used as an underlying tool for investment products on national and international level alike.This index would represent the collective movement, direction and trend of the regional stock markets and would enable global investors to use the same as a benchmark for the performance of their investments in the region. The index would also promote the region as an important asset class in the investment portfolio of the regional and international fund managers. The launch of the initial composite index of the region would also enable the Dow Jones to launch different sub indexes representing various major and performing sectors of the economies of the countries of the region such as banking, insurance, telecommunication, oil and gas sectors etc. In this way, the index would greatly help the investors in co-relating and comparing the performance of the similar sectors within different countries of South Asia. With the launch of this index, global asset management companies would be able to start Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) based on SAFE-DJ index, besides enabling the regional and other international exchanges to start futures trading based on this index. It would also serve as an underlying tool for developing many other new investment products in the region.The Dow Jones SAFE 100 Index will measure the performance of the 50 largest Indian stocks and the 50 largest stocks trading in Bangladesh, Mauritius, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Thus, the index includes 3 Bangladeshi, 5 Mauritian, 39 Pakistani and 3 Sri Lankan stocks. It may be mentioned that the SAFE is a forum launched by bourses in South Asia to promote the development of securities markets in the region. It comprises 24 member entities from the eight South Asian countries including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The member entities include stock markets, securities & depositories and clearing companies. The permanent Secretariat of the SAFE is situated in Islamabad.

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