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The Sri Lankan Rupee (Sinhala: රුපියල්, Tamil: ரூபாய்; symbol: රු (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 cents ( Sinhala : සත , Tamil : சதம் ), but cents are rarely seen in circulation due to its low value.
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.
Gold and copper coins issued by the Chola ruler Rajaraja Chola (985-1014) are excavated from many parts of Sri Lanka. The obverse and reverse of these coins are similar to the common Dambadeniya Massa coins issued by later Kalinga and Pandya rulers of Sri Lanka.
Its first office was located in Prince Street, Colombo. By 1954, the company had become a Public Limited Company, company listed on Colombo stock market since 1950s. It's the earliest stock listed company in Sri Lanka. [8] In 1980s Sri Lanka total tobacco crops increase to 15,594 ha. [9] By 2010 it was producing 3.189 metric tons.
Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration: Colombo: Colombo: Western: 1966: 24 April 2003: Public Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology: Malabe: Colombo: Western: 1999: 13 October 2000: Private Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology: Homagama: Colombo: Western: 2008: 30 March 2004: Private Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy ...
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