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Sri
Lankan
shares
jumped
2.61
percent
yesterday
(18), to
become
one of
the
best-performing
bourses
among
the
world
stock
markets
after a
global
recession,
with top
blue
chips
hitting
over
one-year
highs.
Turnover
hit a
record
of 2
billion
rupees
($17.5
million),
more
than
four
times
last
year's
daily
average
of 464
million
rupees,
according
to a
bourse
official.
The
bourse
has
risen
around
59.9
percent
so far
for this
year and
26
percent
since
the
government
declared
victory
in a
near
26-year
war, the
report
further
stated.
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