烟草在线据斯里兰卡商业在线报道编译　　英美烟草斯里兰卡分公司——锡兰烟草公司（CTC）的股价，在8月1日的全天交易收盘时，暂时超过了斯里兰卡的多元化集团约翰基尔斯控股公司（译者注：约翰基尔斯控股公司是斯里兰卡首都科伦坡证交所市值最大的公司）。

　　锡兰烟草公司的收盘加权平均股价（译者注：指用数量作为权数进行平均计算的价格）为每股1200.80卢比（斯里兰卡货币单位），公司股票总价值2249亿卢比，仅比约翰基尔斯控股公司2279亿卢比的股票价值少30亿卢比。

　　锡兰烟草公司股票增值240亿卢比，成为推动科伦坡市场上涨1.9%的一部分推动力。

　　多元化的约翰基尔斯控股公司第二季度利润因酒店和物流业务的影响，略有下降。

　　只生产烟草产品的锡兰烟草公司则还未公布第二季度收益状况。

　　斯里兰卡政府于7月31日上调了卷烟税率，同时，烟草公司因销量下降，想采取措施提高收入，也是导致近期的价格上涨的原因之一。

　　锡兰烟草公司在该国烟草市场拥有实质性的垄断地位，但不包括走私烟产品和市场份额正在萎缩的“白色比迪烟”。

Sri Lanka Tobacco Firm Gains on Diversified JKH

　　Sri Lanka's Ceylon Tobacco Company, a unit of British American Tobacco closed in on top capitalized John Keells Holdings Thursday, briefly overtaking the diversified group in intra-day trading.

　　At a closing weighted average price of 1,200.80 rupees per share CTC was valued at 224.9 billion rupees, just three billion rupees shy of JKH's stock market value of 227.9 billion rupees.

　　CTC gained 24 billion rupees in value, partly helping drive the Colombo market up 1.9 percent.

　　Diversified JKH's profits fell slightly in the June quarter hurt by hotels and logistics.

　　The single product CTC is yet to report profits in the June quarter.

　　The state raised taxes on cigarettes yesterday but recent price hikes have contained an element of revenue gain for the tobacco firm though there have been volume losses.

　　CTC has a virtual monopoly except for smuggled products and so-called 'white beedies', which is a down market product. Enditem