The Sri Lankan benchmark closed marginally higher on Thursday, as gains in real estate and energy stocks managed to offset losses in consumer discretionary stocks.
* The CSE All-Share index CSELK:ASI rose 0.03% to 23,813.77.
* ACME Printing and Packaging PLC CSELK:ACME.N0000 and York Arcade Holdings PLC CSELK:YORK.N0000 were the biggest boost to the CSE All-Share index, rising 24.41% and 24.24%, respectively.
* United Motors Lanka PLC CSELK:UML.N0000 was the top loser on the index, falling 89%
* Trading volume rose to 187.2 million shares from 180.3 million shares in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 8.32 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($26.9 million) compared with 9.82 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers of shares worth 307.3 million rupees, while domestic investors were net buyers of shares worth 8.16 billion rupees, data showed.
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($1 = 309.7000 Sri Lankan rupees)