Heavy gains in Dialog Telekom took the market to higher levels today. Index heavy weight Dialog was up by 75 cents or 8.11% to close at Rs 10.00 with over 16 million shares traded. ASI was up by 51.34 points or 1.11% to close at 4658.68 while MPI gained 68.29 points to close at 5339.76. Turnover was amounted to Rs 3.55 billion.
Swiss based Food Company Nestle Lanka Plc was up by 20.00 to close at Rs 650.00 while rarely traded Lanka Ashok Leyland closed at 1591.75, up 191.75. LB Finance Plc gained 12.25 to close at Rs 134.00. Commercial Bank of Ceylon Plc was up by 5.50 to close at Rs 194.25 while its nonvoting shares ended at Rs 154.25, up seven rupees.
Colombo Dockyard Plc was down by 4.25 to close at Rs 265.75 while Hatton National Bank Plc dipped by 3.25 to close at Rs 290.75. Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings Plc lost four rupees to close at Rs 423.00. More than 3.5 million shares of John Keells Holdings Plc shares traded today & closed unchanged at Rs 205.00.
95 companies contributed positively while 65 stocks lost their value. Foreigners were net buyers today with Rs 775.8 million purchases & Rs 531.4 million sales.  

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