The Milanka Price Index was one of the principal
stock indices
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Two of the ...
of the
Colombo Stock Exchange
The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) ( si, කොළඹ ව්යාපාර වස්තු හුවමාරුව, translit=Kolamba Vyapara Vasthu Huvamaruva; ta, கொழும்பு பங்கு பரிவர்த்தனை) i ...
in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
till it was discontinued in January 2013 further to introduction of
Standard & Poor's Sri Lanka 20 index. It was composed of a select group of 25 best performing
stock
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s, a list which was reviewed each quarter, as opposed to the Colombo Stock Exchange's "All Share Price Index", which uses all of the ~250 stocks on the exchange to calculate an index value.
Listings
As of January 2012, the 25 stocks on the Milanka Price Index,
listed by
sector
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, are as follows:
Banks, Finance & Insurance sector
Beverage, Food & Tobacco sector
Diversified sector
Manufacturing sector
Power & Energy
Healthcare sector
Land & Property sector
Investment Trusts
Trading
See also
*
List of South Asian stock exchanges
This is a list of Asian stock exchanges.
In the Asian region, there are multiple stock exchanges. As per data from World Federation of Exchanges, below are top 10 selected in 2020:
* Shanghai Stock Exchange, China
* Tokyo Stock Exchange, Japan ...
References
External links
Colombo Stock ExchangeColombo Stock Watch - One click access to information on shares
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Economy of Sri Lanka
Economy of Colombo
Asian stock market indices