Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Thursday, aided by gains in information technology and financial stocks.
* The CSE All Share index ASI settled up 1.67% at 15,662.93.
* LOLC Finance PLC 
LOFC.N0000 and John Keells Holdings 
JKH.N0000 were the top gainers by index points on the CSE All Share, rising 28.36 points and 19.68 points, respectively.
* Trading volume on the CSE All Share index rose to 197 million shares from 56.8 million shares in the previous session.
* The equity market’s turnover rose to 3.67 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($12.4 million) from 1.25 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading stocks worth 141.5 million rupees, while domestic investors were net buyers, purchasing shares worth 3.56 billion rupees, the data showed.
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($1 = 296.4000 Sri Lankan rupees)
