Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, aided by gains in energy and IT stocks.

The CSE All Share index settled up 1.07% at 12,294.03 points.

Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide and Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) were the top percentage gainers on the CSE All Share index, rising 33.3% each.

Trading volume on the CSE All Share index rose to 81.3 million shares from 61.1 million in the previous session.

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The equity market’s turnover rose to 2.30 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($7.86 million) from 1.59 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.

Foreign investors were net buyers, purchasing stocks worth 292.2 million rupees, while domestic investors were net sellers, offloading shares worth 2.12 billion rupees, the data showed.