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COLOMBO, March 31 Asia Pulse - Sri Lankan shares closed down on Tuesday, dragged down by blue chips such as John Keells Holdings (JKH) and National Development Bank (NDB) on low volume trades despite inflation and interest rates coming down, brokers said.
The All Share Price Index was down 0.40 percent (6.53 points) to end at 1,638.06 while the more liquid Milanka slid 1.00 percent (17.55 points) to close at 1,736.20.
Turnover was 79.5 million rupees.
Conglomerate JKH with 15.1 million rupees and Lanka Cement with 12.5 million were the top contributors to the day's mediocre turnover.
However JKH shares were down 1.75 rupees to ...