Indices trended down with the price dips in bluechips

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COLOMBO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan stocks fell to a one-week closing low on Tuesday, slipping from a three-week high hit in the previous session despite foreign inflows, with shares of large caps such as Nestle Lanka PLC and Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC the big losers.

The main stock index fell 0.73 percent, or 42.78 points, to 5,778.52, erasing 17.84 billion rupees ($136.4 million) in market value. The index hit its lowest since Dec. 3.

Foreign investors were net buyers of 260.3 million rupees worth of shares on Tuesday, extending their net buying to 23.11 billion rupees so far this year.

Shares in Nestle Lanka PLC fell 6.11 percent to 2,105 rupees, while Ceylon Tobacco Co PLC fell 2.09 percent to 1,106.30 rupees.

The day's turnover was 425.8 million rupees, around half of this year's daily average turnover of 843.2 million rupees.

($1 = 130.8000 Sri Lanka rupees)

(Reporting by Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)

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WRITTEN BY THARANGA SENARATNE

Dec 10, 2013 (LBT) - Indices trended down with the price drops in bluechips: The bourse endured a downward trend today mainly on account of the price dips in Nestle Lanka (-6.1%), Ceylon Tobacco Company (-2.1%) and Hayleys (-6.5%). ASPI closed at 5,778.52 with a dip of 43 points while the S&P SL20 dropped by 18 points to end at 3,176.62. Turnover was moderate and evenly distributed on-board and off-board.

Off-board interest on UML: United Motors spearheaded the daily-turnover backed by a single off-board transaction which amounted to 1.9mn shares at LKR110.0. The counter denoted low on-board activity and settled at LKR110.6 with a gain of 0.6%. John Keells Holdings too recorded a single crossing of 98k shares at LKR216.0. The counter depicted active on-board interest with the support of a single transaction of 70k shares at LKR216.0. JKH ended flat at LKR215.0.

Investor interest on the BFI sector: On-board investor interest was concentrated in the BFI sector counters SAMP, CINS and COMB. Sampath denoted buying interest during the day and settled at LKR167.9 with an intra-day gain of 1.1%. Ceylinco Insurance’s on-board turnover was supported mainly by two transactions which accumulated to c. 8k shares at LKR1,300. The counter settled flat at LKR1,349.7. COMB depicted buying interest on-bard with the trading of large blocks and closed at LKR117.5 with a gain of 0.9%. Inactive retail interest Retailer interest was dormant and concentrated on selected stocks; Blue Diamonds and E-Channelling.

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