Sri Lanka’s Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) today (15) reported its highest daily turnover for the year by crossing Rs.9 Billion mark due to a block trade in LOLC Finance PLC.

Colombo's All Share Price index (ASPI) closed 17.42 points up at 5,587.36.

The S&P SL20 index of more liquid stocks closed 0.68 percent or 17.79 points up at 2,644.98.

A last minute transfer of 2.6 billion shares of LOLC Finance at 3.40 rupees a share amounting to 8.9 billion rupees boosted the turnover, market sources said.