At close of market today (25 October) the All Share Price Index at the Colombo Stock Exchange recorded a high of 18.63 points while its volume recorded 6,436.97 points.
The significant feature here was the lowest daily turnover during the last 31 months being recorded today (25 October). At close of market today the daily turnover stood at Rs. 135.94 million, while this was the minimum turnover recorded since 17 March 2014. On 17 March 2014, the share market had recorded a daily turnover of Rs. 90.9 million.
Meanwhile, around 10 minutes before close of market today a crossing entered into by Renuka Agri Foods Limited was recorded with a turnover of Rs. 31.34 million while 8,955,580 shares of Renuka Agri Foods were traded at Rs. 3.50 each.
Apart from this, the only over Rs. 10 million turnover was recorded by Lion Brewery Limited, which was Rs. 15.81 million.
The other companies which recorded a higher turnover were HNB (8.4), LOLC (6.28) and Ceylon Grain Elevators (5.35) while not a single other company were successful in recording a higher turnover than Rs. 5 million.