COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares climbed on Tuesday, lifted by a jump in information technology stocks.
The CSE All Share index settled 2.04 percent higher at 22,034.32.
All sectors advanced on the day. IT stocks led gains with an 8.4 percent rise.
Colombo Dockyard and Bogala Graphite Lanka were the top two percentage gainers on the CSE All Share, rising about 25 percent each.
The island nation’s fragile economic recovery will be delayed as Cyclone Ditwah’s devastation of homes, roads and vital crops pushes more families into poverty, with officials warning the bill to rebuild could soar to USD7 billion.
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