CSE's creditable performance

The Colombo Stock Exchange created history on June 18 by recording the highest number of transactions for a trading day. A total of 15,290 trades were executed, surpassing the previous record of 13,254 trades on July 28 2005. The turnover for the day was Rs. 2.0 billion.

The Colombo bourse has seen a significant growth during the year 2009, with the All Share Price Index (ASPI) recording a gain of 60% for the year to date,and the Milanka Price Index (MPI) recording a growth of 66.3%, year to date. This performance has made the CSE the 4th best performing market worldwide, according to Bloomberg Newswire.