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	Table 46 (Capital, Share)
	Share Trading Indicators by Business Sector
	(No. of Trades, Market Capitalization)
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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
No of Trades
1995  1st Quarter	25,431	5,778	1,286	578	-	3,800	4,282	1,402	4,383	13,792	749	13	-	48	546	2,303
2nd Quarter	22,634	5,224	625	435	-	2,889	2,672	855	2,730	10,326	621	3	-	15	502	948
3rd Quarter	17,592	3,333	949	449	-	1,575	2,327	612	2,816	10,142	625	14	-	68	532	1,039
4th Quarter	12,644	2,573	297	380	-	698	1,379	480	2,252	7,300	558	6	1	40	234	620
1996  1st Quarter	9,035	2,909	399	383	2,468	726	1,176	187	1,293	6,561	552	1	68	22	159	318
2nd Quarter	6,076	2,123	212	353	1,311	635	922	141	802	4,785	697	6	85	16	94	249
3rd Quarter	6,752	3,257	459	243	1,088	483	1,104	124	828	5,000	492	4	321	17	116	294
4th Quarter	10,094	4,908	863	377	2,185	772	1,295	146	907	9,866	292	2	534	50	221	365
1997  1st Quarter	7,413	5,378	800	694	1,445	889	1,663	162	948	10,458	287	13	853	39	215	448
2nd Quarter	13,356	6,564	2,153	972	3,365	1,172	3,919	298	1,425	15,099	822	1	2,676	50	413	921
3rd Quarter	19,871	5,956	1,666	848	4,240	1,715	4,002	454	1,871	18,319	538	21	1,436	49	309	1,164
4th Quarter	12,830	3,069	1,064	487	3,738	607	2,628	168	952	9,233	264	6	3,738	72	199	408
1998  1st Quarter	11,872	3,637	1,728	622	1,351	796	3,092	248	737	9,014	807	10	21,173	61	407	415
2nd Quarter	13,375	5,563	2,482	743	2,677	689	2,826	298	841	9,910	312	2	65,489	68	464	627
3rd Quarter	14,473	4,425	1,086	759	2,784	1,093	2,541	226	1,056	8,176	371	-	64,817	59	286	470
4th Quarter	12,688	5,346	2,514	947	1,829	1,592	2,668	243	1,051	11,989	623	2	22,040	102	427	551
1999  1st Quarter	10,654	4,932	2,526	575	1,677	762	2,239	167	896	9,509	466	11	15,496	125	287	405
2nd Quarter	12,555	2,816	1,097	601	1,789	265	1,549	138	700	5,360	328	2	7,023	108	234	346
3rd Quarter	14,049	4,743	1,094	552	2,803	319	5,138	136	1,201	9,505	369	5	31,044	58	288	671
4th Quarter	10,033	3,164	696	648	1,868	486	2,333	130	694	7,064	1,218	1	19,024	90	217	486
Market Capitalization, Rs Million
1995  1st Quarter	43,556	11,450	2,470	2,381	-	2,029	14,830	7,964	4,937	21,314	2,031	1,206	-	1,590	3,694	7,580
2nd Quarter	39,014	10,026	2,162	2,072	-	1,523	12,278	7,103	4,353	20,144	2,121	1,195	-	1,592	3,687	6,595
3rd Quarter	34,735	9,842	1,986	2,290	-	1,304	11,073	6,467	3,738	18,422	1,759	1,167	-	1,263	3,414	5,731
4th Quarter	35,790	12,042	1,866	2,256	-	1,217	10,949	6,332	3,808	18,501	1,621	1,113	600	1,234	3,465	6,076
1996  1st Quarter	37,721	12,280	1,769	2,519	15,071	1,007	11,185	884	3,509	18,105	1,733	1,117	1,620	1,235	635	2,685
2nd Quarter	30,777	11,247	1,608	2,630	13,279	897	9,198	797	3,226	16,088	1,663	1,117	2,010	1,196	604	2,315
3rd Quarter	28,806	12,126	1,914	2,764	13,975	860	9,862	781	3,458	14,478	1,431	1,117	2,810	1,135	644	2,265
4th Quarter	31,414	13,005	2,109	2,796	14,211	875	10,177	658	3,507	15,915	1,344	1,135	3,075	1,011	709	2,257
1997  1st Quarter	31,555	17,097	2,078	2,948	15,993	854	10,569	648	3,486	15,964	1,384	1,130	3,320	990	756	2,863
2nd Quarter	38,680	21,514	3,195	3,141	22,120	752	12,716	668	3,504	20,298	1,807	1,143	4,305	818	1,069	3,558
3rd Quarter	42,756	20,395	2,494	2,847	23,723	806	13,784	806	3,493	19,332	1,693	1,062	4,195	795	968	3,605
4th Quarter	36,586	18,434	2,302	2,624	22,108	717	11,300	584	3,197	18,010	1,575	1,322	5,660	797	966	3,248
1998  1st Quarter	37,481	19,867	2,118	2,553	23,820	655	10,783	612	2,988	17,653	1,366	1,257	8,584	785	1,153	3,084
2nd Quarter	27,806	17,479	1,741	2,223	18,062	656	9,790	364	2,934	14,684	1,194	1,257	8,235	749	1,813	2,927
3rd Quarter	22,147	16,031	1,764	1,980	17,103	491	8,285	347	2,985	12,594	1,107	1,257	5,632	793	926	3,762
4th Quarter	28,199	19,971	2,264	2,040	20,524	577	10,334	455	2,919	15,382	1,258	1,509	5,061	1,049	1,066	4,049
1999  1st Quarter	22,992	19,319	2,095	2,251	17,556	553	9,836	390	2,706	13,937	1,290	1,082	3,886	967	985	4,077
2nd Quarter	22,925	18,516	1,955	2,123	17,814	496	9,632	385	2,778	13,013	1,298	2,083	4,234	936	964	3,780
3rd Quarter	25,000	18,360	1,862	2,208	19,934	505	11,484	444	2,638	14,150	1,352	2,148	7,637	990	984	3,360
4th Quarter	25,914	18,120	1,638	2,291	19,747	501	11,645	452	2,797	13,912	1,561	2,132	6,568	745	978	3,779
© 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.