Colombo Stock Exchange

Colombo Stock Exchange
කොළඹ ව්‍යාපාර වස්තු හුවමාරුව
கொழும்பு பங்கு பரிவர்த்தனை
CSE logo
TypeStock Exchange
LocationColombo, Sri Lanka
Founded1896; 128 years ago (1896) (as Share Brokers Association)
1985; 39 years ago (1985) (as Colombo Stock Exchange)
Key peopleDumith Fernando (Chairman)
Rajiva Bandaranaike (CEO)
CurrencyLKR
No. of listings296 companies representing 19 business sectors (as at 31 October 2021)
Market capIncrease Rs 5,489 billion (2021)[1]
IndicesAll Share Price Index (ASPI)
S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index (S&P SL20)
Websitewww.cse.lk

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) (Sinhala: කොළඹ ව්‍යාපාර වස්තු හුවමාරුව, romanized: Kolamba Vyapara Vasthu Huvamaruva; Tamil: கொழும்பு பங்கு பரிவர்த்தனை) is the main stock exchange in Sri Lanka that utilizes an electronic trading platform. The CSE headquarters have been located at the World Trade Center (Colombo) Towers in Colombo since 1995, and it has regional branches in Kandy, Jaffna, Negombo, Matara, Kurunegala, Anuradhapura and Ratnapura.[2] The CSE trades 296 companies representing 20 business sectors, as of 25 January 2021, with a combined market capitalization of 3,699 billion Sri Lankan rupees.[1]

On 1 September 2021, turnover surpassed 14 billion and the All Share Price Index (ASPI) surpassed 9000 points for the first time when it closed at a record high of 9,163.13 points.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Sri Lanka stocks hit new high, investors Rs318bn richer over week". EconomyNext. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ Sri Lanka's stock exchange opens new regional branch Archived 2007-08-06 at the Wayback Machine, Lanka Business Online
  3. ^ Nadeera, Dilshan. "CSE turnover surpasses Rs 14 billion, ASPI records historic high". Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Colombo stock exchange ASPI reaches all-time high". NewsWire. 26 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Another record day at Colombo Stock Exchange". NewsWire. 1 September 2021. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.