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Table  53 (Capital, Share)
Foreign Trading of Shares by Business Sector (Sales)
Cap53e
Indicator & Quarter Banks , Finance & Insurance Beverages, Food & Tobacco Construction & Engineering Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Diversified Footwear & Textiles Hotel  & Travels Investment Trust Land & Property Manufacturing Motors Oil Palm Plantations Stores & Suppliers Services Trading
Sales - No of Shares                                 
1995  1st Quarter 6,157 10,584 808 1,285 5,713 89 1,098 15 727 6,905 336 - - - 65 22
2nd Quarter 5,151 10,985 705 231 7,862 4,391 3,075 72 568 7,049 77 - - - 100 23
3rd Quarter 3,802 3,227 894 252 4,798 70 2,115 - 138 4,064 726 - - 42 109 805
 4th Quarter  4,683 6,740 593 2 26,753 10 1,877 10 3,480 3,845 1 - - 75 3 11
1996  1st Quarter 4,859 7,189 426 3 6,459 112 2,115 1 174 7,104 410 - - - 1 4
2nd Quarter 2,805 3,336 1,060 3 3,831 281 815 19 6 3,737 116 - - - - 954
3rd Quarter 4,000 804 3,311 30 2,066 49 1,505 41 1 2,834 365 - 25 - - 736
 4th Quarter  9,253 8,337 1,011 - 5,777 182 1,833 5 77 16,202 648 - - 184 1 67
1997  1st Quarter 5,012 9,789 650 469 4,389 89 2,853 - 25 3,494 5 - 9 - 3 71
2nd Quarter 7,049 7,911 2,645 34 7,585 161 16,878 2 159 6,777 1,134 - 104 113 41 32
3rd Quarter 557 175 340 17 398 - 2,916 - 157 1,289 0 - 1 - - 6
 4th Quarter  10,816 6,489 988 339 14,890 92 4,140 23 27 4,093 1,112 - 1,460 150 - 696
1998  1st Quarter 19,915 3,667 3,694 6 1,771 53 18,348 272 155 9,902 895 - 554 20 1 8
2nd Quarter 22,997 6,264 1,782 254 4,694 459 28,244 64 275 7,776 1,051 - 5,637 134 - 509
3rd Quarter 10,836 21,634 1,009 11 2,918 1,521 22,768 16 859 7,505 263 - 1,205 18 6 7
Sales - Amount -      (Rs 1,000)                                
1995  1st Quarter 506,520 90,161 14,783 127,896 399,059 1,292 41,851 3,695 12,497 280,616 10,959 - - - 2,304 286
2nd Quarter 453,196 104,335 10,900 13,771 548,270 83,508 45,101 1,810 3,461 305,845 2,101 - - - 3,010 1,007
3rd Quarter 614,376 30,151 14,255 15,054 339,014 1,451 39,555 5 1,826 122,907 25,588 - - 4,487 3,128 38,038
 4th Quarter  566,956 49,228 6,613 61 362,133 94 29,325 224 22,928 114,125 23 - - 8,250 90 724
1996  1st Quarter 702,319 48,839 4,882 252 311,279 2,305 24,639 44 944 225,248 12,477 - 3 20 30 108
2nd Quarter 289,440 22,929 10,254 257 191,312 2,537 15,174 190 58 104,440 4,595 - - 5 3 35,755
3rd Quarter 221,460 6,774 32,638 37 206,225 390 13,977 345 9 55,539 12,368 - 505 37 - 18,149
 4th Quarter  483,493 112,641 13,943 - 399,291 1,816 18,425 39 968 192,736 22,100 - - 15,763 40 1,893
1997  1st Quarter 339,027 19,812 9,492 29,536 160,280 528 37,700 - 172 96,794 68 - 224 16 116 2,187
2nd Quarter 485,527 290,062 52,748 1,158 551,268 2,470 242,041 30 1,316 165,060 47,814 - 3,640 5,271 128 670
3rd Quarter 67,483 11,320 8,573 1,081 24,843 - 37,874 - 864 40,398 16 - 30 - 22 192
 4th Quarter  1,183,051 190,567 40,875 14,191 766,116 833 36,355 413 441 104,637 49,742 - 46,418 9,274 9 26,822
1998  1st Quarter 752,042 139,446 54,577 309 450,833 764 146,903 1,637 1,428 199,710 34,727 - 22,750 1,005 94 349
2nd Quarter 711,474 194,122 31,555 6,843 963,338 1,190 169,688 5,650 1,241 211,576 37,887 - 237,768 7,216 - 14,789
3rd Quarter 498,303 156,581 15,095 296 472,062 3,043 138,881 368 6,850 162,559 10,396 - 30,498 1,304 191 250
© 2003, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Economic & Social Statistics of Sri Lanka 2000, Central Bank of Sri Lanka
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.