Dipped Products, Distilleries, Expolanka, Hayleys, Hemas, Royal Ceramics and Tokyo Cement enter S&P SL20

December, 18, 2020

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) announces the following changes in S&P Sri Lanka 20 index constituents made by S&P Dow Jones Indices at the 2020 year-end index rebalance.

The exclusions and inclusions as announced by S&P Dow Jones Indices, effective from 21st December 2020 (after the market close of 18th December 2020) are presented below in alphabetical order.

 

Exclusions

 

No. Company CSE Ticker
1 Aitken Spence PLC SPEN.N0000
2 Central Finance Co., PLC  CFIN.N0000
3 Ceylon Tobacco Co. PLC CTC.N0000
4 LOLC Finance PLC LOFC.N0000
5 Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC OSEA.N0000
6 Richard Pieris & Co PLC RICH.N0000
 

7

Seylan Bank PLC SEYB.N0000
SEYB.X0000

 

Inclusions

 

No. Company CSE Ticker
1 Dipped Products PLC DIPD.N0000
2 Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC DIST.N0000
3 Expolanka Holdings PLC EXPO.N0000
4 Hayleys PLC HAYL.N0000
5 Hemas Holdings PLC HHL.N0000
6 Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC RCL.N0000
7 Tokyo Cement Co. (Lanka) PLC TKYO.N0000
TKYO.X0000

 

The S&P SL 20 index includes the 20 largest companies, by total market capitalization, listed on the CSE that meet minimum size, liquidity and financial viability thresholds. The constituents are weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization, subject to a single stock cap of 15%, which is employed to reduce single stock concentration.

The S&P SL 20 index has been designed in accordance with international practices and standards. All stocks are classified according to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), which was co-developed by S&P Dow Jones Indices and MCSI and is widely used by market participants throughout the world.

To be eligible for inclusion, a stock must have a minimum float-adjusted market capitalization of 500 million Sri Lankan rupees (Rs), a six-month median daily value traded of Rs 0.25 million, and have positive net income over the 12 months prior to the rebalancing reference date. For information, including the complete methodology, please visit: www.spindices.com

Effective from 21st December 2020 the stocks in the S&P Sri Lanka 20 in alphabetical order are as follows.

No. COMPANY TICKER
1 Access Engineering Ltd AEL.N0000
2 Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC LLUB.N0000
3 Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC COMB.N0000
COMB.X0000
4 DFCC Bank PLC DFCC.N0000
5 Dialog Axiata PLC DIAL.N0000
6 Dipped Products PLC DIPD.N0000
7 Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC DIST.N0000
8 Expolanka Holdings PLC EXPO.N0000
9 Hatton National Bank PLC HNB.N0000
HNB.X0000
10 Hayleys PLC HAYL.N0000
11 Hemas Holdings PLC HHL.N0000
12 John Keells Holdings PLC JKH.N0000
13 LOLC Holdings PLC LOLC.N0000
14 Melstacorp PLC MELS.N0000
15 National Development Bank PLC NDB.N0000
16 People's Leasing & Finance PLC PLC.N0000
17 Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC RCL.N0000
18 Sampath Bank PLC SAMP.N0000
19 Teejay Lanka PLC TJL.N0000
20 Tokyo Cement Co. (Lanka) PLC TKYO.N0000
TKYO.X0000