The Sri Lankan share index ended at its two-month high on Friday ahead of a long weekend, helped by foreign inflows and telecom shares. The main stock index gained 0.28 percent, or 17.29 points, to 6,092.34, its highest close since February 11. Many investors were in a holiday mood as the stock and currency markets will be closed for three days next week including Monday and Tuesday due to the Sinhala-Tamil new year, followed by Good Friday next week.
The day's turnover was 540.6 million rupees ($4.14 million), less than this year's daily average of 984 million rupees.
The bourse saw net foreign inflows of 182.8 million rupees, though foreigners have sold a net 8.32 billion rupees worth of shares so far this year.
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