Sri Lankan shares hovered near their lowest close in more than three weeks and ended little changed on Wednesday, while turnover rose on buying from foreign investors and expectation that interest rates would come down further, brokers said. The main stock index ended 0.04 points up at 6,286.06. On Friday, it had closed at its lowest level since May 7. Turnover was 1.02 billion rupees ($7.82 million) on Wednesday, the highest since May 30 and slightly more than this year's daily average of 1 billion rupees.
The bourse saw a net foreign inflow for a fifth straight session. Foreign investors bought 479.7 million rupees worth of shares, extending the year-to-date net foreign inflows to 3.37 billion rupees.
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