The Colombo share market on Thursday saw some new buyers in selected high value counters - especially in JKH, analysts said.

“JKH was the most actively traded share during the week gaining Rs.4 and closing the counter at Rs.72,” an analyst said. He said that mobile giant Dialog lost 25 cents to close at 5.25, while fixed line operator SLT closed flat at Rs.39. “High volumes were traded on Tokyo Cement and ACL, which are stocks that are expected to perform in post conflict scenario,” he said. He said that Tokyo gained 25 cents with a volume of above 1 million trading in the non-voting counter.

The All Share was marginally up by 0.66% to close at 1, 838.45 with Milanka seeing a 0.61% increase to 1.963.09 on a Rs 80.9 million turnover at close. The markets are closed on Friday due to the May Day holiday.