Sri Lankan shares ended at their highest level in two weeks on Thursday led by top conglomerate John Keells Holdings PLC amid mild foreign inflows. The main stock index ended up 0.43 percent, or 25.50 points, at 5,961.93 points, its highest close since February 19. Shares in John Keells rose 2.23 percent to 224.90 rupees.
The day's turnover was 716.1 million rupees ($5.48 million), much below this year's daily average of about 1.02 billion rupees. Foreign investors bought a net 3.1 million rupees worth of shares on Thursday, but they have been net sellers of 5.41 billion rupees for the last 19 sessions as some offshore funds exited the market.
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