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Reuters: Stocks rose for a third straight session to a more than one-week high on Thursday led by diversified shares, including top conglomerate John Keells Holdings, while foreign inflows boosted sentiment, brokers said.
The main share index edged up 0.25%, or 14.29 points, to close at 5,744.50, its highest since 4 September.
Foreign investors were net buyers of Rs. 80 million ($6 04,500) worth of shares on Thursday, extending year-to-date net foreign inflows to Rs. 19.11 billion.
Shares in John Keells ended 0.43% firmer at Rs. 209.90.
Thursday’s turnover was Rs. 386.7 million, less than half of this year’s daily average of about Rs. 890 million.
