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	Table  51(Capital, Share)
	Share Trading Indicators by Major Companies ( Blue Chip, CSE Sensitive) (Price-Low, Market Capitaliztion)
	Cap51e
Indicator & Quarter	Asian Hotel Corporation LTD	Bata Shoe Company of Ceylon LTD	Lanka Ceramic LTD	Central Finance Company LTD	Chemical Industries Colombo LTD	Commercial Bank of Ceylon LTD	Ceylon Oxygen LTD	Ceylon Tobacco Company LTD	DFCC* Bank	Colombo Dock Yard LTD	Ceylon Grain Elevators LTD	Hatton National Bank LTD	John Keels Holdings LTD	Korea Ceylon Footwear Manufacturing LTD	Lanka Orix Leasing Company LTD	Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka	National Development Bank	Pure Beverages Company LTD	Richard Pieris &  Company LTD	Sampath Bank LTD	Aitken Spence & Company LTD	United Motors Lanka LTD
Price - Low
1995  1st Quarter	16.50	37.00	51.00	350.00	89.00	225.00	71.25	24.00	409.75	16.25	45.00	460.00	190.00	45.00	218.00	45.00	300.00	45.00	95.00	37.00	185.00	23.00
2nd Quarter	13.50	27.00	48.00	176.00	64.00	150.00	58.00	19.00	315.00	12.50	38.00	485.00	142.00	24.50	190.00	35.00	190.00	37.00	75.00	35.00	167.00	17.00
3rd Quarter	13.50	27.00	45.50	230.00	65.00	175.00	60.00	21.50	295.00	13.00	45.00	495.00	166.00	20.00	165.00	22.75	205.00	28.00	77.00	44.00	182.00	24.00
4th Quarter	13.50	26.00	39.00	230.00	60.00	175.00	50.00	23.00	280.00	10.00	43.00	479.50	136.00	17.50	150.00	21.75	205.00	19.00	68.00	44.25	180.00	23.00
1996  1st Quarter	10.00	25.00	39.50	230.00	57.00	155.00	50.25	22.50	298.00	8.50	35.00	307.00	135.00	10.75	153.00	20.50	210.00	17.00	63.50	45.00	175.00	23.00
2nd Quarter	8.00	24.00	42.50	240.00	53.00	119.00	53.00	25.50	301.00	8.00	21.50	215.00	145.00	8.50	155.00	12.00	195.00	14.50	68.00	48.25	159.00	22.75
3rd Quarter	7.00	21.00	25.00	239.00	50.00	89.00	46.75	23.75	263.00	8.50	14.00	195.00	143.75	8.25	105.25	10.00	169.75	14.00	68.00	40.00	125.00	26.50
4th Quarter	9.00	21.50	27.75	233.00	46.75	97.00	52.00	28.00	260.00	10.25	9.00	200.00	173.00	10.00	108.25	17.00	190.00	14.25	76.00	43.00	89.50	26.50
1997  1st Quarter	10.00	21.75	30.00	235.00	43.00	125.00	48.00	30.00	248.00	13.50	14.00	243.00	171.00	14.25	149.00	18.00	190.00	16.00	73.00	45.75	91.50	27.00
2nd Quarter	12.00	20.00	32.00	242.00	42.00	160.00	51.50	34.00	244.75	15.00	17.25	243.00	202.00	13.00	153.00	17.00	197.00	19.00	80.00	50.00	110.50	31.50
3rd Quarter	11.00	21.00	29.00	325.00	40.00	180.00	63.00	36.00	280.00	18.00	32.00	270.00	305.00	10.00	160.00	13.75	260.00	16.50	110.00	69.50	170.25	47.00
4th Quarter	7.00	23.00	20.00	340.00	39.00	140.00	62.00	32.50	215.00	13.75	24.50	225.00	300.00	7.00	130.00	9.00	220.00	10.00	105.00	54.00	115.00	37.75
1998  1st Quarter	5.50	19.50	25.00	185.00	35.50	137.00	52.25	32.50	200.00	13.50	28.50	172.25	255.00	5.75	100.00	6.50	186.00	12.75	110.25	55.00	132.00	40.25
2nd Quarter	4.50	17.00	24.00	151.00	33.00	100.25	40.00	30.50	132.00	13.75	26.00	155.00	180.00	2.75	63.00	6.00	110.00	17.00	84.00	40.00	80.00	30.00
3rd Quarter	3.00	17.00	19.50	125.00	30.00	85.00	29.00	25.00	86.25	13.00	12.50	125.25	143.00	1.75	35.00	3.75	72.00	23.00	65.00	32.00	78.00	25.25
4th Quarter	3.75	20.00	14.50	138.00	25.25	90.00	31.00	30.00	92.00	14.50	16.00	134.00	165.25	2.25	50.00	4.00	72.25	34.00	72.00	37.25	82.50	29.00
Market Capitalization, (Rs Million)
1995  1st Quarter	2,452	488	1,913	1,096	513	2,938	486	2,580	10,427	1,660	2,940	5,940	4,778	569	2,250	2,838	5,740	870	1,256	2,126	2,459	324
2nd Quarter	2,207	353	1,740	700	367	2,188	390	2,150	8,500	1,403	3,090	6,000	4,655	328	1,962	2,238	4,253	718	1,024	2,004	2,485	296
3rd Quarter	1,892	329	3,365	700	356	2,194	408	2,198	9,067	1,216	2,700	6,204	4,220	253	1,485	1,313	3,798	529	967	1,993	2,394	302
4th Quarter	2,032	329	1,170	746	324	2,500	300	3,297	9,067	1,029	2,670	6,840	3,920	227	1,352	1,150	3,850	1,437	934	2,015	2,420	324
1996  1st Quarter	2,803	323	1,410	883	308	3,120	330	3,613	10,427	912	2,220	6,140	5,285	136	1,420	1,038	4,218	1,342	883	2,347	2,459	385
2nd Quarter	1,313	293	1,275	746	286	2,400	318	2,512	9,097	795	1,290	4,320	4,060	133	1,395	638	3,413	1,210	902	2,170	2,305	389
3rd Quarter	1,992	271	825	734	297	2,406	318	3,813	8,039	1,122	900	4,000	4,956	107	974	838	3,421	1,059	1,245	1,993	1,884	498
4th Quarter	2,214	268	930	716	265	3,100	468	3,947	7,858	1,356	840	5,200	5,495	177	1,292	1,175	3,413	1,248	973	2,037	1,297	396
1997  1st Quarter	2,657	268	945	738	238	4,000	461	4,583	7,548	1,426	1,080	4,880	6,404	284	1,696	975	7,023	1,891	1,195	2,214	1,594	469
2nd Quarter	2,878	256	1,170	990	270	5,500	567	5,620	8,613	2,198	2,010	5,600	9,787	265	2,700	850	9,317	1,513	2,016	3,344	2,682	777
3rd Quarter	2,435	293	870	1,142	216	4,625	594	5,352	8,462	1,684	1,920	5,440	10,906	199	1,912	688	9,496	1,286	1,926	3,211	2,725	696
4th Quarter	1,660	296	780	1,236	216	3,750	560	4,449	7,253	1,450	1,965	4,500	10,783	171	1,404	450	8,233	908	1,827	2,746	2,029	660
1998  1st Quarter	1,549	244	638	950	202	4,200	306	4,549	7,646	1,497	2,280	5,445	11,344	37	356	225	8,071	2,269	1,951	2,778	2,751	462
2nd Quarter	1,051	244	638	950	202	3,607	306	4,215	4,760	1,380	1,695	4,830	7,645	37	356	225	4,479	2,269	1,792	2,258	1,840	462
3rd Quarter	885	244	638	950	202	3,055	306	4,014	3,385	1,403	960	4,410	6,882	37	356	225	2,840	2,269	1,588	1,727	2,186	462
4th Quarter	1,605	244	638	950	202	3,900	306	4,482	5,218	1,824	2,025	5,220	8,983	37	356	225	4,587	2,269	1,653	2,181	2,812	462
© ２００３， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Economic & Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2000, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Key:
＊　DFCC, Development Finance Corporation of Ceylon
Revised:  2003(y)/03(m)/01(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya.