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Market Close - 20.03.2020 (Friday)

Friday, 20 March 2020 09:39

The Board of Directors of the CSE has decided to close the market today (Friday) 20th March 2020 at 12 Noon in view of the curfew imposed by the government to enable staff to travel to their homes.

The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has today issued a statement on coronavirus (Covid-19) and current market volatility.

Trading On 20th March 2020 (Friday)

Thursday, 19 March 2020 15:44

Trading on the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) will resume on Friday, 20th March 2020.

In collaboration with Huawei, Deloitte has published a new whitepaper discussing how key features of 5G can synergize with other technologies to enhance the effectiveness of pandemic prevention and treatment, as well as drive the digital transformation of healthcare systems in response to major public emergencies.

Trading On 19th March 2020 (Thursday)

Thursday, 19 March 2020 03:27

We write further to our Circular (No. 04-03-2020) dated 18th March 2020 regarding the above, notifying the decision taken by the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), in consultation with the Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC), to resume trading on Thursday, 19th March 2020.

Sysco LABS recently celebrated “Blueprint 2020,” a special event bringing together more than 450 employees at the Hilton Colombo Residences.

Trading On 19th March 2020 (Thursday)

Wednesday, 18 March 2020 15:19

Trading on the Colombo Stock Exchange will resume on Thursday, 19th March 2020.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that The Lancet published two papers related to Takeda’s dengue vaccine candidate (TAK-003), reporting on results from the 18-month analysis of the ongoing pivotal Phase 3 Tetravalent Immunization against Dengue Efficacy Study (TIDES) trial and results from the final 48-month analysis of the Phase 2 DEN-204 trial.

DIMO together with SIEMENS, a global technological and electrical solutions provider, recently signed a contract with Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to embark the package 04 Lot A phase of the “National Transmission and Distribution Network Development and Efficiency Improvement Project” for enhancing national power supply.

If you’re on your company’s IT team, you’re probably used to preparing laptops for employees to use remotely, and setting up mobile phones with access to company data.