Sri Lankan shares close higher, boosted by IT stocks

Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Tuesday, helped by gains led by IT stocks. The CSE All Share index settled up 0.29% at 20,650.23. Trading volume declined to 43.1 million shares from 67.6 million in the previous session, and turnover fell to 1.07 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($3.23 million) from 3.16 billion rupees.