Stock Watch
		July 24, 2003
					Today	Prev. Day	Chg.	Last Year		YoY Chg.
		All Share Index			1,026.4	1,024.5	0.2%	719.5		42.7%
		Milanka Price Index			1,981.4	1,977.1	0.2%	1254.8		57.9%
		Market Capitalisation (Rs bn)			242.5	242.0	0.2%	146.3		65.8%
		Market PE Ratio (X)			11.0	11.0	0.0%	10.3		6.8%
		Turnover (Rs mn)			155.5	121.0	28.5%	Sector		Chg.			Sector Index	Today	Previous
		Foreign Purchases (Rs mn)			35.0	29.3	19.2%	Banks & Finance		0.2%			Banks & Fin	2626.4	2622.3	0.2
		Foreign Sales (Rs mn)			11.2	21.5	-47.8%	Diversifieds		0.6%			Diversifieds	287.9	286.2	0.6
		Total Share Volume (mn)			2.9	3.4	-15.9%	Food & Beverages		0.1%			Food & Bev	1349.1	1347.6	0.1
		No. of Companies Traded			137	124	10.5%	Hotels & Travels		0.3%			Hotels	465.1	463.7	0.3
		Total No. of Trades			1,315	1,478	-11.0%	Manufacturing		0.4%			Manufact.	574.6	572.1	0.4
		Money Market Indicators
				Latest	Previous				24-Jul	23-Jul
		Treasury Bill Rates (%)	- 3 months	8.01	8.09	Call Money (%)		- Average	8.55	8.46
			- 12 months	8.03	8.10	Exchange Rates		- Euro €	111.43	110.13		217.85	108.93
		Prime Lending Rate (%)	- Average	10.30	10.35			- US $	97.10	97.10		194.2	97.1
		Deposit Rate (%)	- Wtd. Avg.	6.00	6.00			- ¥100	81.78	81.66		164.44	82.22
		Stock Exchange Announcements
		l     Interim Results - Net Profit (LKR mn)			Qtr.Jun'03		Qtr.Jun.'02		+/- %
		Keells Food Products			(2.6)		(8.4)		69.2
		Company	Price (Rs)			Change	Share	No.of	12-Month	12-Month
			High	Low	Close	+/- Rs	Volume	Trades	High	Low
		Main Board
		Abans	50.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	100	1	50.00	33.00
		Acl Cables	54.00	51.25	54.00	2.75	2,300	4	68.00	21.60
		Acme	7.00	7.00	7.00	0.00	1,200	1	9.25	4.50
		Aitken Spence	209.50	209.50	209.50	-0.50	1,000	3	231.00	100.00
		Apollo (Lanka Hospitals)	14.50	14.50	14.50	0.25	22,100	13	19.50	14.25
		Ascot	3.75	3.75	3.75	0.00	1,100	3	21.00	3.25
		Asia Capital	8.00	8.00	8.00	0.25	96,300	25	15.50	6.75
		Asian Hotels	15.75	15.50	15.75	0.00	122,600	25	17.00	7.00
		Asiri	23.50	23.25	23.25	-0.25	5,500	5	27.00	17.50
		Bairaha  Farms	13.00	12.50	12.75	0.75	32,300	26	15.50	5.25
		Balangoda	16.00	16.00	16.00	-0.50	100	1	23.50	15.50
		BATA	13.75	13.75	13.75	0.00	200	1	19.00	7.00
		Blue Diamonds	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	15,300	4	3.75	1.50
		Bogala Graphite	5.00	5.00	5.00	-0.25	10,500	10	7.75	4.50
		Bogawantalawa	14.75	14.25	14.50	0.00	1,600	3	18.25	12.50
		Browns Beach	9.75	9.75	9.75	0.25	300	1	14.50	8.00
		C T Land	6.25	6.00	6.00	-0.25	700	2	9.00	5.75
		C W Mackie	3.50	3.25	3.25	-0.25	10,200	5	4.75	2.50
		Caltex Lubricants	146.50	143.50	146.00	2.75	183,100	48	155.00	92.00
		Cargills	104.75	100.00	104.75	1.75	200	2	106.00	67.00
		CDIC	50.00	50.00	50.00	2.50	200	1	50.00	32.00
		Central Finance	165.00	163.25	163.25	0.75	20,400	5	190.00	44.00
		Central Ind.	42.00	42.00	42.00	0.00	200	1	49.50	35.00
		Central Sec.	13.00	13.00	13.00	-0.25	900	3	17.75	9.50
		Ceylinco Securities	9.75	9.50	9.75	0.00	13,700	11	13.00	5.00
		Ceylon Brewery	84.25	84.25	84.25	0.25	700	1	88.00	49.00
		Ceylon Glass	26.25	25.00	26.25	0.75	3,700	10	31.00	17.00
		Ceylon Guardian	160.00	160.00	160.00	9.75	400	2	175.00	33.36
		Ceylon Inv.	105.00	105.00	105.00	0.00	3,000	7	130.00	13.81
		Ceylon Oxygen	94.25	94.00	94.00	0.75	200	2	112.00	79.00
		CF Venture Fund	5.25	5.00	5.25	0.25	1,500	3	8.00	3.00
		CFT	28.00	28.00	28.00	-1.00	100	1	30.25	28.00
		CIC	170.00	170.00	170.00	5.00	200	2	190.00	55.00
		CIC [Non-Voting]	149.75	149.75	149.75	-0.25	2,000	1	154.00	43.00
		Cold Stores	114.00	114.00	114.00	0.00	2,000	2	128.00	79.00
		Colombo Fort Inv.	11.75	11.50	11.75	-4.75	9,600	3	19.50	8.00
		Colombo Land	2.25	2.00	2.00	-0.25	69,000	12	3.50	1.25
		Comm. Bank [X]	139.00	136.00	138.75	-1.00	8,500	10	147.00	75.00
		Commercial Bank	200.00	198.00	200.00	1.25	119,400	31	226.00	127.50
		Confifi Hotel Hldg.	39.25	39.00	39.25	-0.50	8,500	5	45.00	19.50
		Connaissance	10.75	9.50	9.50	0.00	8,400	3	15.56	5.70
		Dankotuwa	17.25	17.00	17.00	-0.50	1,500	4	22.50	8.00
		DFCC	260.00	259.75	260.00	0.00	41,500	23	307.00	127.25
		DIMO	97.75	95.00	95.00	-1.00	6,700	24	99.00	35.50
		Distilleries	25.75	25.50	25.50	0.00	179,500	41	31.25	7.00
		Dockyard	22.50	22.25	22.25	-0.25	1,300	2	34.00	21.50
		East West	8.25	8.25	8.25	0.00	2,600	2	11.75	5.00
		Eden Hotels	14.00	14.00	14.00	0.25	7,000	9	16.00	7.50
		Elephant Lite	5.00	5.00	5.00	0.25	200	1	6.25	3.25
		Equity	15.50	15.25	15.50	0.00	11,700	9	23.00	11.00
		Equity Two	8.00	8.00	8.00	0.00	4,800	4	13.00	5.25
		Grain Elevators	34.25	34.00	34.25	0.25	77,700	31	39.50	12.75
		Hapugastenne	7.75	7.75	7.75	0.00	500	5	11.75	6.00
		Haycarb	47.50	47.25	47.25	0.25	1,600	4	58.00	36.00
		Hayleys	200.00	197.25	200.00	2.00	54,600	22	230.00	113.04
		Hayleys Exports	90.00	88.50	90.00	0.00	6,400	11	93.00	30.32
		HNB	97.50	96.25	97.50	1.00	27,000	23	120.00	52.00
		HNB [Non-Voting]	60.50	59.50	60.50	1.50	9,200	16	75.00	42.50
		Hotel Sigiriya	27.75	25.00	27.75	2.75	400	2	35.00	12.50
		James Finlay	50.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	1,000	3	55.00	34.00
		John Keells	73.00	73.00	73.00	-2.00	500	2	80.00	57.00
		John Keells Hold.	98.50	97.00	98.00	1.00	265,000	70	116.00	43.20
		Kahawatte	4.25	4.25	4.25	0.00	1,000	5	6.00	4.00
		Kandy Hotels	18.25	18.25	18.25	-0.25	100	1	23.00	12.75
		Kegalle	15.25	15.00	15.00	0.00	2,800	3	16.50	6.25
		Kelani Tyres	8.25	8.00	8.25	0.25	50,700	29	13.25	4.00
		Kelani Valley	19.00	18.75	19.00	0.25	93,200	20	20.75	7.75
		Kotagala	9.25	9.00	9.25	0.25	1,800	4	9.50	4.75
		Kuruwita Textiles	27.00	27.00	27.00	-5.00	20,700	1	44.75	20.00
		Lanka Cement	10.00	9.50	10.00	0.50	1,300	2	15.00	6.00
		Lanka Milk Foods	21.00	20.50	20.75	0.25	58,300	25	24.50	7.75
		Lanka Tiles	42.50	42.50	42.50	0.00	6,200	5	54.00	32.00
		Lanka Ventures	10.50	10.25	10.25	-0.25	10,200	10	11.75	7.50
		Lanka Walltiles	43.00	42.75	43.00	0.00	1,400	6	55.00	18.50
		LB finance	12.50	12.50	12.50	0.25	2,500	3	20.00	5.50
		LOLC	60.00	60.00	60.00	0.00	2,900	7	69.00	30.00
		Madulsima	8.25	8.25	8.25	0.00	2,000	8	10.75	7.50
		Maskeliya	22.00	22.00	22.00	-0.50	400	2	26.50	19.00
		Mercantile Leasing	24.00	24.00	24.00	0.50	28,500	16	27.00	11.00
		Merchant Bank	5.75	5.50	5.50	0.00	5,000	5	7.75	4.00
		Namunukula	8.25	8.25	8.25	0.50	1,100	1	10.00	6.25
		Nations Trust	24.25	23.50	24.00	0.75	136,600	71	28.50	11.74
		NDB	163.25	162.00	163.00	0.00	70,500	51	185.25	60.50
		NDB Bank	22.50	22.00	22.50	0.25	94,500	37	25.00	12.25
		Nestle	67.00	66.00	67.00	-0.50	2,100	4	69.75	45.00
		Overseas Realty	7.50	7.50	7.50	0.00	1,200	2	8.50	3.00
		Pelwatte	5.75	5.75	5.75	-0.25	2,000	1	8.25	5.25
		People's Merchant	13.25	12.50	13.25	0.50	7,400	17	17.00	10.00
		Print Care	36.00	35.00	36.00	1.00	600	2	36.00	11.00
		Property Develop.	18.00	18.00	18.00	0.00	3,300	5	25.00	15.75
		Renuka City Hot.	75.00	74.00	74.00	-1.00	3,000	10	80.00	37.25
		Rich Pieris Exp	34.25	34.00	34.25	-1.00	2,400	5	42.50	18.00
		Richard Pieris	110.00	110.00	110.00	0.00	1,100	5	127.00	85.00
		Riverina Hotels	36.00	35.50	35.50	-0.50	21,600	4	43.75	16.00
		Royal Ceramics	20.75	20.50	20.75	-0.50	1,700	6	24.00	14.00
		Sampath	87.00	86.25	87.00	-0.25	10,800	11	100.00	60.00
		Samuels	9.00	9.00	9.00	1.00	11,200	1	13.00	8.00
		Sathosa Motors	37.50	37.50	37.50	2.25	2,400	4	49.50	17.50
		Seylan Bank	62.50	62.50	62.50	-0.25	1,500	3	70.00	31.00
		Seylan Merchant	5.75	5.50	5.50	0.00	4,900	8	8.00	3.75
		Singer Ind.	50.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	400	3	65.00	30.00
		Singer Sri Lanka	79.00	78.75	78.75	-0.25	300	2	90.00	32.00
		Soy Foods	18.00	18.00	18.00	0.00	500	2	22.00	7.00
		Sri Lanka Telecom	14.25	14.25	14.25	0.00	398,100	58	16.00	10.50
		Stafford	7.50	7.50	7.50	0.00	700	2	8.25	5.50
		Taj Lanka	9.00	9.00	9.00	0.25	1,100	4	11.00	4.25
		Talawakelle	14.00	14.00	14.00	0.00	400	2	19.50	11.50
		Tangerine	34.00	34.00	34.00	-1.00	300	1	41.75	24.00
		The Finance	22.25	21.25	22.25	0.25	19,000	27	30.00	13.00
		Three Acre	28.00	26.00	28.00	2.00	75,000	52	32.00	6.00
		Tokyo Cement	142.00	142.00	142.00	-2.00	500	1	152.00	76.25
		Trans Asia	38.00	38.00	38.00	0.00	200	1	43.00	26.00
		Union Assurance	42.00	42.00	42.00	1.00	600	2	59.00	29.00
		Watawala	10.00	10.00	10.00	0.00	800	2	12.75	8.00
		Second Board
		Asian Alliance	8.75	8.75	8.75	-0.25	200	1	13.00	8.00
		Asha Central	17.50	17.50	17.50	-0.50	3,000	1	19.00	14.00
		E-Channeling	11.50	11.00	11.00	0.75	5,800	5	18.00	8.00
		Tess Agro	9.50	9.50	9.50	0.00	3,300	2	15.25	8.50
		Touchwood	10.50	10.50	10.50	0.00	1,600	3	11.50	8.00
		Default Board
		E B Creasy	20.50	20.50	20.50	1.00	100	1	28.00	18.25
		Ferntea	10.25	10.25	10.25	0.00	500	2	18.00	5.25
		Fort Land	2.75	2.75	2.75	0.00	13,700	2	6.00	2.50
		Galadari	4.25	4.00	4.25	0.00	1,300	8	4.75	3.50
		Hotel Developers	15.00	15.00	15.00	0.00	500	1	17.50	8.75
		Lanka Ceramic	21.00	21.00	21.00	0.50	9,700	6	28.00	10.00
		Lankem Ceylon	11.00	11.00	11.00	0.00	1,200	2	15.00	7.00
		Malwatte Valley	9.75	9.75	9.75	0.00	500	1	14.00	9.50
		Marawila Holiday	3.75	3.75	3.75	0.00	15,500	5	7.25	3.00
		Mullers	0.80	0.80	0.80	0.00	400	1	1.75	0.70
		Parquet	4.50	4.25	4.50	0.00	3,500	4	6.00	2.50
		Vanik	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.00	143,700	6	2.75	0.60
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