Japanese English Top
Table  45 (Capital, Share)
Share Trading Indicators by Business Sector  (Shares Traded, Turnover)
cap45e
Indicator & Quarter Banks , Finance & Insurance Beverages, Food & Tobacco Construction & Engineering Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Diversified Footwear & Textiles Hotel   & Travels Investment Trust Land & Property Manufactur-ing Motors Oil Palm Planta-tions Stores & Suppliers Services Trading
Shares Traded ' 000                                
1995  1st Quarter 28,432 13,412 1,905 1,852 - 6,139 6,703 1,515 3,869 15,857 710 2 - 28 1,319 2,292
2nd Quarter 35,618 18,287 1,349 596 - 5,687 6,720 1,501 2,574 14,361 907 - - 2 1,753 966
3rd Quarter 25,381 7,027 2,302 618 - 911 6,666 652 2,420 11,799 2 23 - 57 1,201 1,732
4th Quarter  51,149 10,090 896 273 - 374 3,545 1,193 5,969 8,693 501 21 - 89 404 560
1996  1st Quarter 14,676 11,342 1,938 178 11,680 508 3,933 109 5,979 12,558 1,059 5 151 3 172 305
2nd Quarter 8,098 4,898 1,295 180 7,409 604 2,041 92 1,707 7,375 1,222 20 122 6 65 1,154
3rd Quarter 9,956 5,321 3,649 128 5,220 312 3,085 112 1,188 6,702 965 - 408 1 42 829
4th Quarter  19,988 16,510 2,769 250 11,354 528 2,806 85 1,779 25,165 895 - 5,068 216 217 205
1997  1st Quarter 13,334 19,265 1,977 1,252 8,521 848 5,621 198 1,417 18,174 568 1 8,338 11 503 429
2nd Quarter 31,469 15,335 5,507 734 15,710 1,771 25,156 426 3,924 30,566 2,002 1 27,749 130 303 608
3rd Quarter 65,521 13,564 3,836 893 18,275 3,665 10,776 240 4,260 42,117 749 20 7,000 22 117 1,122
4th Quarter  27,797 10,081 1,947 713 21,460 574 8,850 158 1,480 17,188 1,254 1 10,430 186 122 950
1998  1st Quarter 38,398 8,112 6,840 710 3,708 828 29,654 440 1,666 24,218 1,005 3 13,428 329 225 904
2nd Quarter 46,178 14,745 5,610 819 6,564 1,156 42,420 2,231 1,848 24,798 1,299 - 41,931 167 330 1,643
3rd Quarter 24,738 27,767 3,867 504 5,152 2,713 49,539 208 6,239 24,270 466 - 23,042 261 308 272
4th Quarter  26,904 14,808 4,530 978 6,262 9,499 58,394 228 4,311 27,324 1,222 - 7,428 33 332 420
1999  1st Quarter 19,382 15,702 3,927 916 3,060 1,697 15,975 959 1,443 29,345 1,863 2 4,727 171 320 167
2nd Quarter 56,847 5,073 5,086 384 5,761 676 19,946 72 880 17,676 267 - 6,018 69 214 220
3rd Quarter 22,699 12,872 2,377 402 13,936 659 35,885 78 3,317 30,839 220 1 29,919 26 218 826
4th Quarter  28,723 12,969 2,005 964 7,678 1,299 8,004 102 1,809 28,961 9,287 - 18,354 55 147 1,411
Turn Over, Rs Million                                 
1995  1st Quarter 1,377,296 157,458 40,158 162,714 - 107,032 182,727 265,403 74,197 664,491 26,853 611 - 3,782 150,300 275,458
2nd Quarter 1,399,868 198,414 24,948 27,570 - 103,203 108,173 219,445 34,155 531,642 64,091 86 - 356 280,121 146,241
3rd Quarter 1,449,589 87,646 34,699 33,231 - 11,151 105,641 105,029 32,461 360,195 68,555 7,743 - 5,854 183,996 185,914
4th Quarter  1,133,595 124,675 10,917 12,918 - 3,768 52,622 182,924 45,558 237,756 19,645 6,302 2 9,417 68,781 74,474
1996  1st Quarter 1,384,344 116,480 23,309 10,282 635,207 5,735 46,427 2,092 38,090 404,570 45,200 1,550 2,684 237 4,868 9,299
2nd Quarter 475,126 49,614 12,777 12,999 249,061 4,937 36,204 3,413 21,574 184,230 39,309 6,203 1,919 423 1,802 41,366
3rd Quarter 388,480 80,970 36,778 6,687 279,310 1,836 47,970 1,389 8,912 146,275 30,453 102 7,734 58 1,166 20,622
4th Quarter  1,033,064 282,407 37,978 19,918 556,110 4,443 27,769 1,240 10,873 319,729 30,839 59 124,698 19,925 6,374 6,836
1997  1st Quarter 777,895 33,298 31,048 76,107 261,365 9,067 70,628 9,520 9,912 369,878 9,837 671 183,390 1,428 15,744 15,139
2nd Quarter 2,268,368 555,089 123,956 41,235 1,064,083 18,876 355,627 10,864 31,483 873,424 78,828 155 944,649 6,603 11,823 24,560
3rd Quarter 260,626 44,191 85,241 36,196 8,099,223 57,488 183,113 705 33,918 807,356 42,981 6,198 274,012 1,773 4,021 33,599
4th Quarter  1,866,973 324,552 30,254 58,792 966,958 4,538 104,505 4,107 13,646 371,015 55,658 199 387,786 12,461 3,366 36,120
1998  1st Quarter 1,353,701 342,818 107,813 27,818 862,219 6,307 260,410 10,995 16,122 892,433 39,180 553 485,833 4,761 8,997 31,339
2nd Quarter 1,399,509 423,033 98,629 25,652 1,366,384 5,858 304,016 189,985 12,520 709,762 44,590 6 1,892,223 10,188 13,521 44,705
3rd Quarter 985,621 247,288 56,552 23,987 168,249 6,513 29,538 4,620 35,743 577,209 16,306 - 794,700 12,255 8,012 9,684
4th Quarter  846,490 333,490 80,245 19,171 640,987 13,219 357,543 4,561 21,295 607,283 42,072 21 128,676 1,172 12,453 12,347
1999  1st Quarter 805,074 295,530 70,156 24,839 419,533 6,396 119,019 5,576 10,275 423,828 71,542 633 63,687 5,766 11,192 5,040
2nd Quarter 1,763,787 107,814 91,170 13,647 730,331 1,658 152,331 3,857 6,782 431,613 12,212 16 106,599 1,290 7,263 8,114
3rd Quarter 804,262 233,570 62,684 11,053 1,771,514 2,091 597,372 2,822 22,934 731,301 9,780 203 475,016 434 475,016 27,732
4th Quarter  1,547,207 173,522 32,252 14,156 1,777,786 2,839 81,319 1,499 9,376 560,821 407,895 16 276,775 677 4,667 10,348
© 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.