Colombo Bourse closes higher as Blue Chips leading the way up.

At the end of Tuesday’s trading ASI gained 46.54 points to close at 3280.82 while MPI closed at 3757.02, up 67.74 points. Heavy trading in HNB & JKH helped to generate Rs 1.44 billion turnover for the day.

The Bukit Darah Plc was up by Rs 320.75 to close at Rs 2499.75 while Aitken Spence Plc gained further fifty rupees to close at Rs 1150.00. Index heavy Blue Chip; John Keells Holdings closed Rs 9.75 higher at Rs 172.00 & over 1.6 million shares traded for the day. There were larger parcels (1,029,100 shares) of Hatton National Bank traded & ended the day 2.75 lower at Rs 166.50.

Retail investor interest has seen on ACL Plastics which was appreciated by Rs 6.25 to close at Rs 75.75. Dialog Telekom lost 25 cents to close at Rs 6.75 while Sri Lanka Telecom closed at Rs 45.00, up one rupee.

Foreigners were net sellers with Rs 673 millions of sales & Rs 185 million worth of purchases. It is looks like the upward trend is strong & will stay next couple of days.