Stock Watch
		March 30, 2004
					Today	Prev. Day	Chg.	Last Year		YoY Chg.
		All Share Index			1,284.9	1,314.0	-2.2%	713.7		80.0%
		Milanka Price Index			1,998.8	1,979.0	1.0%	1200.9		66.4%
		Market Capitalisation (Rs bn)			314.2	321.3	-2.2%	193.0		62.8%
		Market PE Ratio (X)			11.9	12.2	-2.5%	12.5		-4.8%
		Turnover (Rs mn)			177.9	88.3	101.4%	Sector		Chg.%
		Foreign Purchases (Rs mn)			8.6	10.7	-20.3%	Banks & Finance		1.4%		2612.95	2576.98
		Foreign Sales (Rs mn)			50.9	6.4	693.3%	Diversified		-2.3%		374.73	383.67
		Total Share Volume (mn)			7.5	4.5	66.6%	Food & Beverages		2.7%		1322.14	1287.45
		No. of Companies Traded			136	125	8.8%	Hotels & Travels		1.1%		888.01	878.14
		Total No. of Trades			1,916	1,444	32.7%	Manufacturing		0.7%		596.5	592.39
		Money Market Indicators
				Latest	Previous				30-Mar	29-Mar
		Treasury Bill Rates (%)	- 3 months	7.63	7.69	Call Money (%)		- Average	7.55	7.45
			- 12 months	7.66	7.69	Exchange Rates		- Euro €	118.10	117.81		239.71	119.86
		Prime Lending Rate (%)	- Average	9.28	9.25			- US $	97.37	97.45		195.3	97.65
		Deposit Rate (%)	- Wtd. Avg.	5.18	5.21			- ¥100	92.30	92.38		179.21	89.605
		Company	Price (Rs)			Change	Share	No.of	12-Month	12-Month
			High	Low	Close	+/- Rs	Volume	Trades	High	Low
		Main Board
		ACL Cables	32.00	32.00	32.00	0.00	7,100	10	68.00	24.25
		Ahot Properties	26.50	26.00	26.25	0.75	22,900	23	27.75	24.00
		Aitken Spence	264.00	260.75	261.00	1.00	5,200	11	319.00	135.00
		Alliance  Finance	87.50	87.50	87.50	0.00	2,900	2	120.00	55.00
		AMW	72.50	70.00	72.50	7.00	200	2	110.00	50.00
		Apollo (Lanka Hospitals)	10.25	10.00	10.25	0.25	56,500	18	18.00	9.00
		Arpico Finance	14.25	14.25	14.25	0.25	800	1	20.00	9.50
		Asia Capital	18.00	18.00	18.00	0.00	7,700	5	19.50	7.00
		Asiri	29.00	29.00	29.00	1.00	1,500	4	35.00	18.75
		Associated Hotels	45.00	45.00	45.00	0.00	2,000	1	55.00	15.00
		Bairaha Farms	16.00	15.50	16.00	0.25	220,100	48	24.50	5.25
		Balangoda	12.00	12.00	12.00	0.00	1,300	2	20.50	10.00
		Blue Diamonds	3.00	2.75	2.75	-0.25	71,500	29	4.75	1.75
		Blue Diamonds [NV]	1.75	1.75	1.75	0.00	5,000	1	1.75	1.75
		Browns Beach	14.25	14.25	14.25	0.75	2,300	2	30.00	9.00
		Bukit Darah	1900.00	1250.25	1800.00	-600.00	1,100	11	5250.00	240.00
		C T Land	6.75	6.75	6.75	0.00	6,000	2	9.75	6.00
		C W Mackie	4.75	4.25	4.75	0.75	21,700	7	6.00	2.75
		Caltex Lubricants	75.50	75.00	75.50	1.00	65,200	51	117.00	51.50
		Carsons	8000.00	8000.00	8000.00	-2050.00	100	1	11000.30	1500.00
		Central Finance	222.00	217.00	222.00	2.00	13,500	19	325.00	100.00
		Central Sec.	11.25	11.25	11.25	-0.25	1,000	1	20.50	8.75
		Ceylinco Insurance	35.00	32.25	35.00	2.50	2,100	5	44.00	23.33
		Ceylinco Securities	8.50	8.25	8.25	0.00	1,100	2	14.50	6.50
		Ceylinco Seylan	3.75	3.50	3.75	0.25	23,000	9	5.50	2.75
		Ceylon Brewery	90.00	90.00	90.00	0.00	2,000	2	110.00	75.00
		Ceylon Guardian	305.00	304.75	305.00	10.00	800	4	355.00	97.46
		Ceylon Holiday	73.00	69.00	73.00	3.25	1,000	6	92.00	30.50
		Ceylon Hospitals	21.00	20.75	21.00	0.25	12,600	16	27.50	15.00
		Ceylon Inv.	169.00	161.00	166.00	5.00	4,100	16	190.00	58.57
		Ceylon Leather	7.00	7.00	7.00	0.00	2,400	4	11.50	6.25
		Ceylon Oxygen	97.00	92.00	93.00	-5.75	10,500	12	115.00	90.00
		Ceylon Tobacco	41.50	41.00	41.50	1.00	2,600	6	48.00	35.00
		CF Venture Fund	4.75	4.50	4.75	0.25	56,800	20	11.00	3.50
		Chemanex	110.00	110.00	110.00	0.00	3,600	3	112.00	65.00
		CIC	132.00	132.00	132.00	2.00	200	1	190.00	114.00
		Colombo Land	3.00	2.75	3.00	0.25	171,200	24	5.00	1.50
		Comm. Bank [NV]	110.00	109.50	110.00	2.00	2,000	5	165.00	90.00
		Commercial Bank	160.00	152.00	157.00	4.75	59,600	42	226.00	130.00
		Commercial Leasing	61.00	61.00	61.00	-1.00	3,400	5	63.75	31.83
		Confifi Hotel Hldg.	46.00	45.25	46.00	2.00	6,100	3	59.75	25.00
		Connaissance	35.00	34.00	34.75	-0.25	32,500	17	43.00	9.33
		Dankotuwa	15.00	15.00	15.00	0.00	1,700	4	22.50	12.50
		DFCC Bank	217.00	215.00	216.00	-2.00	9,400	14	300.00	103.50
		Dipped Products	85.00	85.00	85.00	0.00	800	3	100.00	45.21
		Distilleries	22.25	21.25	22.00	0.75	368,900	86	35.00	8.50
		Dockyard	23.75	23.00	23.50	-0.25	11,500	9	29.00	19.50
		Eden Hotels	15.25	15.00	15.25	0.00	29,600	17	23.56	7.10
		Galadari	9.00	8.50	8.75	0.50	53,300	35	19.75	3.75
		Grain Elevators	19.50	19.00	19.50	0.75	35,200	14	40.00	15.50
		Haycarb	31.75	31.00	31.00	-0.25	4,300	9	58.00	28.00
		Hayleys	118.00	115.50	117.00	1.75	5,100	14	204.84	100.00
		Hemas Holdings	88.00	87.50	88.00	-0.25	9,600	18	100.00	60.00
		HNB	72.75	72.00	72.00	1.00	4,300	10	120.00	58.00
		HNB [NV]	42.50	41.50	42.25	0.25	5,400	11	75.00	32.00
		Hotel Sigiriya	31.00	31.00	31.00	0.00	100	1	42.00	19.75
		Indo Malay	150.00	150.00	150.00	-113.75	100	1	360.00	80.00
		James Finlay	95.00	95.00	95.00	3.00	200	2	110.00	39.00
		John Keells Hold.	110.50	109.50	110.25	1.00	313,200	63	142.59	53.04
		Kahawatte	4.25	4.00	4.25	0.00	500	3	8.25	3.50
		Kandy Hotels	36.00	36.00	36.00	-2.00	5,000	5	50.00	12.75
		Keells Food Products	18.00	18.00	18.00	1.00	8,800	2	35.00	13.50
		Kelani Cables	45.00	45.00	45.00	10.00	2,000	2	55.00	30.25
		Kelani Tyres	6.25	6.00	6.25	0.25	36,000	11	10.25	4.75
		Kelani Valley	17.50	17.00	17.50	0.50	10,200	7	24.00	11.00
		Kelsey Development	9.75	9.75	9.75	-0.75	100	1	14.00	8.25
		Kotagala	6.50	6.50	6.50	-0.50	1,000	1	11.50	5.75
		Kuruwita Textiles	34.00	33.75	34.00	0.50	700	3	50.00	26.00
		Lanka Aluminium	14.00	14.00	14.00	0.00	1,300	1	19.75	10.00
		Lanka Ashok	60.00	60.00	60.00	12.75	100	1	60.00	13.00
		Lanka Ceramic	16.75	16.75	16.75	0.25	500	1	28.00	14.00
		Lanka Milk Foods	22.50	22.25	22.25	0.25	22,800	10	39.50	10.00
		Lanka Tiles	40.00	38.00	40.00	2.25	1,400	5	54.00	30.00
		Lanka Ventures	10.50	10.00	10.25	0.25	55,400	12	13.50	8.00
		Lanka Walltiles	34.75	30.00	34.75	-0.75	1,100	2	55.00	22.00
		LB Finance	14.00	13.00	14.00	1.00	1,300	4	20.00	10.00
		LOLC	60.50	59.50	60.00	-0.25	5,800	6	72.00	35.00
		Madulsima	7.00	6.75	7.00	0.25	3,000	5	13.00	6.00
		Mahaweli Reach	17.75	17.50	17.50	-1.00	5,300	2	30.00	10.00
		Maskeliya	18.00	18.00	18.00	0.75	1,000	2	25.50	15.00
		Mercantile Leasing	27.50	25.00	26.50	1.50	1,046,400	25	40.00	17.50
		Merchant Bank	10.00	9.50	10.00	0.50	253,700	56	15.25	4.50
		Mullers	0.90	0.80	0.80	-0.10	13,400	5	1.75	0.50		245	367.50
		Namunukula	10.25	10.00	10.25	0.25	24,200	9	14.00	6.25
		Nations Trust	25.00	24.00	24.75	1.00	242,700	148	47.00	13.05
		NDB	154.00	152.00	154.00	2.75	23,800	25	192.50	81.00
		NDB Bank	27.00	26.75	27.00	0.25	68,400	34	29.75	12.75
		Nestle	92.00	85.00	91.00	6.25	19,200	43	92.00	53.00
		Overseas Realty	7.25	7.00	7.25	0.00	84,100	18	14.25	3.50
		Pegasus	13.00	12.50	13.00	1.00	5,400	3	25.50	8.75
		Pelwatte	8.00	7.00	7.75	1.00	42,700	28	10.00	5.00
		People's Merchant	11.75	11.75	11.75	0.25	1,000	2	22.50	10.00
		Reefcombers	7.75	7.75	7.75	0.25	4,500	6	15.00	4.50
		Richard Pieris	92.00	92.00	92.00	2.00	1,800	8	105.00	34.00
		Riverina Hotels	29.50	28.75	29.00	0.25	15,100	9	57.35	18.75
		Royal Ceramics	16.50	16.00	16.50	0.00	18,300	10	28.25	14.50
		Royal Palm Hotel	33.00	32.00	33.00	1.00	28,900	13	37.00	14.25
		Sampath	85.00	83.00	85.00	4.00	2,900	7	133.00	66.00
		Samson Internat.	30.00	27.50	30.00	0.00	900	2	36.25	19.50
		Samuels	8.25	8.25	8.25	-0.75	181,600	1	10.75	7.25
		Sathosa Motors	30.00	30.00	30.00	-0.25	6,000	4	49.50	20.50
		Selinsing	130.00	130.00	130.00	-83.25	100	1	314.00	50.00
		Seylan Bank	43.75	43.50	43.50	0.50	3,500	8	70.00	30.00
		Seylan Bank [NV]	21.50	21.00	21.50	0.50	100,000	35	33.00	18.00
		Seylan Merchant	7.75	7.75	7.75	0.00	4,900	3	14.25	5.00
		Shaw Wallace	45.00	45.00	45.00	0.00	100	1	60.00	38.00
		Singer Ind.	61.00	61.00	61.00	1.00	1,300	2	78.50	42.00
		Singer Sri Lanka	80.50	80.00	80.00	-2.75	1,100	3	84.50	11.75
		Soy Foods	27.00	25.00	27.00	2.00	3,200	6	36.00	16.50
		Spence Hotel Holdings	68.00	67.00	68.00	1.00	5,600	5	95.00	44.50
		Sri Lanka Telecom	18.25	18.00	18.25	0.25	1,963,700	129	30.00	11.50
		Stafford	13.00	12.00	13.00	1.25	23,900	9	23.00	7.00
		Sunshine Travels	23.00	22.25	23.00	-1.00	700	2	24.00	18.00
		Taj Lanka	17.75	17.25	17.75	0.50	33,300	22	30.00	6.00
		Talawakelle	14.25	14.25	14.25	0.00	1,000	2	19.50	10.00
		Tangerine	50.00	50.00	50.00	0.00	1,200	2	70.00	26.22
		Tea Services	110.00	110.00	110.00	5.00	100	1	118.50	93.00
		Tea Smallholders	40.00	39.00	40.00	0.00	14,900	22	43.00	23.00
		The Finance	17.25	17.00	17.25	1.25	1,600	5	30.00	14.50
		Three Acre	16.50	16.50	16.50	0.00	4,000	1	32.00	9.25
		Tokyo Cement	126.00	125.00	126.00	2.00	900	2	170.00	83.00
		Trans Asia	60.00	58.00	60.00	1.25	6,700	10	69.00	36.00
		Union Assurance	47.00	47.00	47.00	3.00	9,500	7	69.00	30.25
		Union Chemicals	84.00	84.00	84.00	5.00	1,000	1	99.50	13.00
		United Motors	28.25	28.00	28.25	0.25	9,200	8	51.50	25.00
		Walk & Greig	4.75	4.75	4.75	0.25	4,100	1	7.00	4.00
		Second Board
		Asian Alliance	9.75	9.75	9.75	0.00	2,500	1	15.00	8.00
		HNB Assurance	10.25	10.00	10.25	0.25	19,200	44	12.75	8.75
		Light House Hotel	35.00	32.00	34.00	0.00	4,900	10	38.00	13.00
		Tess Agro	9.00	8.75	9.00	0.25	9,800	5	15.56	8.00
		Default Board
		Ascot	8.50	8.25	8.25	-0.25	18,200	9	9.75	3.25
		Browns	150.00	150.00	150.00	-1.00	900	1	250.00	81.00
		Hotels Corp.	91.25	91.25	91.25	0.25	100	1	135.00	75.00
		Hotel Developers	50.00	48.75	50.00	1.50	17,300	9	80.50	14.75
		Fort Land	3.25	3.25	3.25	0.00	55,400	13	5.75	2.00
		Marawila Holiday	4.75	4.50	4.50	0.00	52,100	11	12.00	3.00
		Metal Recyclers	2.00	2.00	2.00	-1.00	300	2	8.00	2.00
		Vanik	1.00	0.90	1.00	0.10	523,100	35	2.00	0.40
		Vanik [NV]	0.90	0.80	0.90	0.20	368,900	35	1.75	0.30
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