Company filings, disclosures and news on LOLC Finance PLC (LOFC), Finance/Rental/Leasing on the Colombo Stock Exchange, tagged by theme and scored for sentiment.
Colombo Stock Exchange closed flat as the ASPI slipped 0.02% to 20,812.93 with market turnover at Rs1.55bn; the S&P SL20 rose 0.27% to 5,912.50. Top gainers included Lion Brewery, LOLC Finance, Hemas Holdings and SMB Finance, while Dialog Axiata, Commercial Bank, Carson Cumberbatch and Bukit Darah were top losers.
Colombo Stock Exchange trended up with the ASPI rising 117.10 points (0.56%) to 20,934.92 by mid‑morning and the S&P SL20 up 0.45% at 5,922.74. Top contributors included Singer, Ceylon Cold Stores, LOLC Finance and Dialog; turnover was Rs.186.49m and People's Leasing said it allotted its fully subscribed Rs.10bn listed debentures.
Colombo Stock Exchange opened higher as the ASPI rose 30.69 points to 21,068.04 (up 0.15%); market turnover was 57.56 million rupees. Vidullanka said project companies it holds equity in won bids to install 18.7 MW/93 MWh of BESS, with its estimated equity share about 600 million rupees.
Colombo stocks opened higher as the ASPI rose 0.15% to 21,068.04 with turnover Rs57.56m. Market positive contributors included LOFC, HAYL, DIAL and COMB while SEMB, MELS and HHL fell; VLL said its project firms won bids to build 18.7MW/93MWh BESS with VLL equity share ~Rs600m.
Colombo Stock Exchange closed lower as the ASPI fell 0.14% to 21,037.35 on subdued trading with turnover 814.88 million rupees, led by the banking and diversified financials sectors. Separately WindForce said six of its project companies won bids to develop 28 MW and 144 MWh of BESS requiring ~944 million rupees equity.
Fintech Forum Sri Lanka, led by Vice-Chair Conrad Dias (also chairman of LOLC Finance PLC), is pushing to help local fintechs access regional markets of about 200 million people by strengthening collaboration with banks, regulators and international partners. The Forum will focus on accelerating innovation, regulatory engagement, open banking and embedded finance to enable scale beyond Sri Lanka's 20m domestic market.
CSE corporate earnings rose 10% YoY to Rs.168.3bn in 2Q (1QFY27), lifting 1H earnings 8% YoY to Rs.354.9bn, led by banks which contributed 37% of quarterly profits. Food & Beverage and Diversified Financials were the next-largest contributors; top 10 counters made about 56% of profits.
Seylan Bank appointed Krishan Thilakaratne as Deputy Chairman effective 17 August 2026. Thilakaratne, a Non-Executive Director since 2018, is currently Director/CEO of LOLC Finance and a senior management member of LOLC Holdings with over 31 years' experience in banking and finance.
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.
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