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Article: Sri Lanka : S. Lanka bourse up on construction, diversified shares.
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- September 11, 2009
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Sri Lanka's stock market .CSE on Thursday rose for a sixth straight session, with the construction .CSECE and diversified holdings .CSEDV sector indices hitting record highs.The market rose 1.27 percent to hit 2,815.01 points, its highest since April 30, 2007, before closing 0.42 percent or 11.65 points firmer at 2791.44, Reuters data showed.
Turnover hit 1.29 billion rupees ($11.2 million), more than twice of last year's daily average of 464 million rupees. It had hit over 1 billion rupees for last three straight sessions.The market is one of the best performing stock markets in the world in 2009 with an average return of 85.7 percent so ...