Category: BUSINESS

Oil Rally Continues as Brent Tops US$50 Per Barrel

Oil Rally Continues as Brent Tops US$50 Per Barrel

Aug 19, 2016

Oil prices continued to rally on Thursday with Brent oil topping US$50 a barrel following data showing lower US crude ... Read More

Oil Prices Higher as US Stockpiles Drop

Oil Prices Higher as US Stockpiles Drop

Aug 18, 2016

Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday (Aug 17) as the weekly US inventories report showed significant declines in stockpiles of ... Read More

Srilankan rupee trades steady; State Bank Buying Offsets Exporter Dollar Sales

Srilankan rupee trades steady; State Bank Buying Offsets Exporter Dollar Sales

Aug 16, 2016

The Sri Lankan rupee was steady on Tuesday as dollar sales by exporters were offset by demand for the U.S. ... Read More

Oil Continues Rise on Hopes of Production Freeze

Oil Continues Rise on Hopes of Production Freeze

Aug 16, 2016

Oil prices continued to rise on world markets on Monday (Aug 15), lifted by remarks from a Russian official who ... Read More

Srilankan Rupee Steady in Dull Trade

Srilankan Rupee Steady in Dull Trade

Aug 15, 2016

The Sri Lankan rupee was steady on Monday as dollar sales by exporters were offset by importer demand for the ... Read More

Northern Economic Center at Therkkawatha in Vavuniya

Northern Economic Center at Therkkawatha in Vavuniya

Aug 15, 2016

The question of locating the Northern Economic Center was dragging on for a long time in the past. Different locations ... Read More

Asia Stocks Mixed as Oil Price Depresses Outlook

Asia Stocks Mixed as Oil Price Depresses Outlook

Aug 11, 2016

Asian markets fluctuated on Thursday (Aug 11) following a slump in the oil price driven by fresh indications of oversupply. ... Read More

Oil Falls Again on High US Stocks, Saudi Production

Oil Falls Again on High US Stocks, Saudi Production

Aug 11, 2016

Oil prices continued to fall on Wednesday (Aug 10), driven in part by elevated US crude inventories and Saudi Arabia's ... Read More

Asian Shares Near one-year High, Dollar Slips After Soft US Data

Asian Shares Near one-year High, Dollar Slips After Soft US Data

Aug 10, 2016

Asian shares held near one-year highs on Wednesday as investors pared expectations slightly for a Federal Reserve interest rate increase ... Read More

Srilankan Rupee Trades Steady; Stocks Little Changed

Srilankan Rupee Trades Steady; Stocks Little Changed

Aug 9, 2016

The Srilankan rupee traded steady on Tuesday as dollar demand by importers was offset by conversions of the U.S. currency ... Read More

Oil Prices Continue Rise on World Markets

Oil Prices Continue Rise on World Markets

Aug 9, 2016

Oil prices continued to rise on Monday (Aug 8), with benchmark crude moving up more than a dollar per barrel ... Read More

Asian Stocks Rise as Investors Hunt for Yield; Aussie Shines

Asian Stocks Rise as Investors Hunt for Yield; Aussie Shines

Aug 8, 2016

Investors flocked to higher-yielding assets on Monday after strong U.S. jobs data on Friday lifted confidence – driving up Asian ... Read More

Russia Sees no Grounds for New Talks on Oil Output Freeze Yet

Russia Sees no Grounds for New Talks on Oil Output Freeze Yet

Aug 8, 2016

Russia, the world's top oil producer, sees no grounds for new talks on freezing oil production yet but is open ... Read More

Srilanka Foreign Reserves at USD6.5bn by end July: Central Bank

Srilanka Foreign Reserves at USD6.5bn by end July: Central Bank

Aug 6, 2016

Sri Lanka’s official reserves were 6.48 billion US dollars at the end of July, up from 5.27 billion US dollars ... Read More

Oil prices Slip as Dollar Strengthens on Jobs Report

Oil prices Slip as Dollar Strengthens on Jobs Report

Aug 6, 2016

Oil prices dipped slightly in New York on Friday (Aug 5) as the dollar rose on exchange markets following robust ... Read More