Sri Lankan shares closed marginally higher on Wednesday, with gains in financial stocks while communication services stocks fell.
* The CSE All-Share index CSELK:ASI edged up by 0.02% to 23,655.68. On Tuesday, the index had settled 0.4% lower.
* Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) Plc CSELK:ASPH.N0000 was the biggest gainer on the CSE All-Share index, rising 25%, while Millennium Housing Developers Plc CSELK:MHDL.N0000 was the biggest loser, with a 5.1% drop.
* Trading volume rose to 170.9 million shares from 158.2 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover dropped to 3.35 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($10.8 million), compared with 3.55 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers of shares worth 120.2 million rupees in the equity market, while domestic investors were net buyers of shares worth 3.29 billion rupees, data showed.
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($1 = 309.3000 Sri Lankan rupees)