Company filings and market news from across Sri Lanka's stock market.
Ceylon Investment PLC proposes to repurchase up to 1,800,014 ordinary shares at Rs.203.33 each for a total of Rs.365,996,846.62, with the offer expected to run 2–23 Sep subject to regulatory concurrence. The Board approved the buyback, signed a Certificate of Solvency and says its Articles permit the repurchase without shareholder approval.
First Capital Research: aggregate earnings of 271 listed companies fell 11.4% YoY in the March 2026 quarter (third straight quarter), but underlying earnings rose 30.1% YoY after adjusting for major one-offs. Food, Beverage & Tobacco dragged the aggregate result while retailing and telecom posted strong gains (e.g. UML, DIAL, SLTL, SINS).
Colombo Stock Exchange closed down as the ASPI fell 0.85% to 22,175.14, with market turnover at Rs.4.92bn and insurance stocks leading turnover at Rs.3.18bn. Top gainers included Ceylon Beverage (+5.20%), Lion Brewery (+3.06%) and Ceylon Guardian (+5.43%), while Sampath Bank, Hayleys and HNB were top decliners.
Colombo Stock Exchange was up midday, ASPI +0.54% (119.98 pts) to 22,433. Market turnover was Rs.597.2m with capital goods leading at Rs.181.7m; Colombo Fort Investments and Colombo Investment Trust announced interim scrip dividends.
Colombo Stock Exchange was up midday with the ASPI +0.05% at 22,631.02 and S&P SL20 +0.22% at 6,243.14. Top contributors included Sampath, Commercial Bank and Ceylon Guardian, while Vallibel One and Janashakthi lagged; turnover was Rs2.2bn and Singer agreed to buy ACME's Piliyandala factory for Rs630mn.
Chinthaka Jayaweera was appointed Independent Non-Executive Director of Ceylon Guardian Investment Trust (GUAR.N0000) and Ceylon Investment PLC (CINV.N0000). He previously led internal audit at A.P. Moller Maersk and has held independent directorships at Bukit Darah, Carson Cumberbatch, Equity Two and Pegasus Hotels.
Aggregate profits of 273 listed companies fell 12% YoY to Rs.176.5 billion in Sep-25, ending a seven-quarter growth streak. Banks (Rs.52bn, +39% YoY) and diversified financials (Rs.39bn, +112% YoY) underpinned a QoQ rebound, while food, beverage & tobacco and capital goods posted steep declines.
MSCI added seven Sri Lankan companies—GUAR, DIMO, JAT, KHL, RIL, PARQ and VFIN—to its Frontier Markets Small Cap Indexes, raising Sri Lanka's index coverage to 12 constituents as of the market close on 26 August; no Sri Lankan removals were made in the review.
Colombo bourse extended gains as the ASPI closed at 19,092 (up ~47 points) on turnover of Rs.5.9bn; banking led activity (23%) and top contributors included DFCC, NDB, AEL, HNB and ASHO, while foreigners were net sellers of Rs.38.2m.
Dividend · Rs 5.50 · XD Jul 29, 2025
Second Interim dividend of LKR 5.5/share; XD 2025-07-29; record 2025-07-29; payable 2025-08-18; FY 31 March 2025
Colombo bourse fell as the ASPI dropped 1.01% to 16,566 with turnover of Rs.2.07bn and foreigners closing as net sellers. CINS and JKH were among the main negatives while SAMP and GUAR were top positives; banking led turnover (29%) and capital goods plus food & beverage accounted for 33%.
Dividend · Rs 1.36 · XD Dec 11, 2024
First Interim dividend of LKR 1.36/share; XD 2024-12-11; record 2024-12-11; payable 2024-12-31; FY 2024/2025
Colombo Stock Exchange closed up as the All Share Index rose 1.07% to 12,294, led by banks with total turnover of Rs2.3bn and Rs563mn in bank trades. Top contributors included Commercial Bank, Sampath Bank, Lanka IOC and Browns Investments, and net foreign inflow was Rs107mn.
Colombo Stock Exchange closed higher: All Share Index +0.10% to 12,164 and S&P SL20 +0.20% to 3,600, turnover Rs1.5bn and net foreign inflow Rs267m. Top turnover included John Keells, Hayleys, Commercial Bank, Sampath Bank and Nations Trust; top foreign flows varied across names.