Sri Lankan stocks up

The Sri Lankan stocks extended gains into the fifth day on Tuesday after hitting a more than six-year closing low last week.
The benchmark stock index ended 0.64 percent higher on Tuesday at 5,478.41, further moving away from its lowest close since Dec. 7, 2012 hit on April 23. On April 23, it suffered its worst percentage fall since Feb. 14, 2012.
Turnover came in at 197.6 million rupees ($1.12 million), lower than this year's daily average of 591.9 million rupees. Last year's daily average was 834 million rupees.