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It is based on market capitalisation. Weighting of shares is conducted in proportion to the issued ordinary capital of the listed companies, valued at current market price (i.e. market capitalisation). The base year is 1985, and the base value of the index is 100. This is the longest and the broadest measure of the Sri Lankan Stock market.
Sri Lanka, geologically speaking is an extremely old country. Ninety percent of the rocks of the island are of Precambrian age, 560 million to 2,400 million years ago. The gems form in sedimentary residual gem deposits, eluvial deposits, metamorphic deposits, skarn and calcium-rich rocks. Nearly all the gem formations in Sri Lanka are located ...
The greyish-blue gem was mined in Sri Lanka [3] and is housed in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The milky quality of the stone is caused by the traces of the mineral rutile, which is also responsible for the star effect, known as asterism. The tiny fibers of the mineral, aligned in a three-fold pattern within the gem ...
The Senate approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill in a just-after-midnight vote by a vote of 85-11. The legislation will extend government funding until March 14.
A South Dakota man is facing murder and manslaughter charges after police say he killed a woman and decapitated her. According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Craig Allen Nichols Jr., 32 ...
Sri Lanka: Blue and yellow Maroon, yellow, orange, green (flag colours) and white Syria: Red, white, black and green Gray and gold Tajikistan: Red, white and green Thailand: Red, white and blue Royal yellow, royal purple and blue sapphire Royal flags of Thailand: Timor-Leste: Red, yellow, black and white Turkmenistan: Green and white Sand
"Today was a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol," he says. The House returns at 9:09 p.m. 3:44 a.m., January 7: After more objections from Republican lawmakers, Pence announces ...
In Sri Lanka, this plant usually grows in buffalo ponds and natural wetlands. Its beautiful aquatic flower has been mentioned in Sanskrit , Pali , and Sinhala literary works since ancient times under the names kuvalaya , indhīwara , niluppala , nilothpala , and nilupul as a symbol of virtue, discipline, and purity.