Sri Lanka - Stocks traded

Stocks traded, total value (current US$)

The latest value for Stocks traded, total value (current US$) in Sri Lanka was 1,712,700,000 as of 2020. Over the past 27 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 4,994,900,000 in 2010 and 58,900,000 in 1996.

Definition: The value of shares traded is the total number of shares traded, both domestic and foreign, multiplied by their respective matching prices. Figures are single counted (only one side of the transaction is considered). Companies admitted to listing and admitted to trading are included in the data. Data are end of year values converted to U.S. dollars using corresponding year-end foreign exchange rates.

Source: World Federation of Exchanges database.

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Year Value
1993 377,500,000
1994 695,100,000
1995 85,300,000
1996 58,900,000
1997 309,200,000
1998 281,600,000
1999 208,460,000
2000 133,600,000
2001 130,520,000
2002 315,460,000
2003 720,220,000
2004 558,120,000
2005 1,079,860,000
2006 978,630,000
2007 966,270,000
2008 968,470,000
2009 1,245,300,000
2010 4,994,900,000
2011 4,795,920,000
2012 1,674,450,000
2013 1,532,630,000
2014 2,598,450,000
2015 1,793,280,000
2016 1,203,803,000
2017 2,400,647,000
2018 1,097,423,000
2019 942,180,000
2020 1,712,700,000

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP)

Stocks traded, total value (% of GDP) in Sri Lanka was 2.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 8.81 in 2010, while its lowest value was 0.42 in 1996.

Definition: The value of shares traded is the total number of shares traded, both domestic and foreign, multiplied by their respective matching prices. Figures are single counted (only one side of the transaction is considered). Companies admitted to listing and admitted to trading are included in the data. Data are end of year values.

Source: World Federation of Exchanges database.

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Year Value
1993 3.65
1994 5.93
1995 0.65
1996 0.42
1997 2.05
1998 1.78
1999 1.33
2000 0.82
2001 0.83
2002 1.91
2003 3.81
2004 2.70
2005 4.42
2006 3.46
2007 2.99
2008 2.38
2009 2.96
2010 8.81
2011 7.35
2012 2.45
2013 2.06
2014 3.27
2015 2.22
2016 1.46
2017 2.75
2018 1.25
2019 1.12
2020 2.12

Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%)

The value for Stocks traded, turnover ratio of domestic shares (%) in Sri Lanka was 10.72 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.57 in 2003 and a minimum value of 5.99 in 2019.

Definition: Turnover ratio is the value of domestic shares traded divided by their market capitalization. The value is annualized by multiplying the monthly average by 12.

Source: World Federation of Exchanges database.

See also:

Year Value
1999 13.16
2000 12.44
2001 9.80
2002 18.77
2003 26.57
2004 15.26
2005 18.88
2006 12.60
2007 12.79
2008 22.60
2009 13.04
2010 25.07
2011 24.67
2012 9.86
2013 8.15
2014 10.98
2015 8.62
2016 6.50
2017 7.61
2018 7.05
2019 5.99
2020 10.72

Classification

Topic: Financial Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Capital markets