Company filings, disclosures and news on Citizens Development Business Finance Plc (CDB), Finance/Rental/Leasing on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Citizens Development Business Finance PLC launched its CDB Private Wealth proposition and unveiled the CDB Private Wealth World Mastercard White Metal Credit Card for affluent and high-net-worth customers, offering concierge services, tailored relationship management and premium travel and lifestyle privileges.
Colombo Stock Exchange closed lower with the ASPI down 0.39% to 20,955.56 and turnover at Rs595.97mn. Top contributors included Distilleries, Ceylon Tobacco, Laugfs Gas and Hayleys, while SMB Finance, Carson Cumberbatch, Sri Lanka Telecom and Dialog were among the laggards; ACL Cables announced a 60 cent interim dividend.
Fitch upgraded Sri Lanka's Long-Term Issuer Default Rating to B- from CCC+ with a Stable outlook, and the Colombo Stock Exchange's ASPI rose 0.36% to 21,054.01 on Tuesday. Top positive contributors were Access Engineering, Overseas Realty, Dialog Axiata and Hatton National Bank, while Kotmale, Namunukula Plantations, Sri Lanka Telecom, CDB and John Keells were among the decliners.
DFCC Bank's 2026/2031 Tier-2 debenture issue was oversubscribed with 117 applications for 147,682,500 debentures valued at 14.768 billion rupees, above the 12.50 billion rupee target. Colombo indices were modestly higher (ASPI +0.14% at 21,162.87; S&P SL20 +0.05% at 5,950.18) with turnover of 43.57 million rupees.
Citizens Development Business Finance PLC (CDB) held an SMBPlus capacity-building program in Kandy on Aug 3 to support SMEs, with over 75% of participants women. The event provided practical business-development sessions and networking to strengthen entrepreneurs beyond financing.
Colombo Stock Exchange closed down as the ASPI fell 0.25% (down 53.01 pts) to 21,489.22 on Wednesday, with market turnover at LKR 972.23 mn and capital goods leading turnover at LKR 283.19 mn. HNB Finance appointed four new independent/non-executive directors effective Sept 8, 2026; its shares closed down 1.20% at 8.20 rupees.
The Colombo bourse fell for a second session as the ASPI dropped 0.31% to 21,279.65 and the S&P SL20 fell 0.24% to 5,994.81; market turnover was about Rs. 797 million and foreign investors were net sellers of ~Rs. 4.1 million, with CARG, DIAL, COMB, BREW and CDB among top negative contributors.
Colombo Stock Exchange fell as the ASPI dropped 0.31% to 21,279.65 with turnover of Rs 796.92 million; capital goods led turnover at Rs 153.15 million. HNB Finance appointed Talpawila Kankanamge Don Aruna Prasad Samarasinghe as chairman effective Aug 28.
The ASPI fell 206.6 pts (1%) over the week but rose 0.05% to 21,416.61 yesterday; turnover exceeded Rs1.2bn and top contributors were MELS, CDB, SIRA, HHL and DIAL, while foreign investors were net sellers of Rs58.2m.
Colombo Stock Exchange indices closed up on Friday: ASPI +0.05% at 21,416.61 and S&P SL20 +0.19% at 6,030.75. Market turnover was Rs 1.22 billion with capital goods leading at Rs 480.7 million; notable movers included CDB, SIRA, HHL, DIAL, SAMP (up) and RIL, CCS (down); Melstacorp set its AGM for Sept 15, 2026.
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