Sri Lankan stocks, rupee gain ahead of presidential polls <!-- no image --> <div>Sri Lankan shares ended firmer on Wednesday at near one-week highs, as investors picked up beverage and diversified shares ahead of Saturday's presidential vote.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=2Ic4qZWnU2I:ri3xSmohf8Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=2Ic4qZWnU2I:ri3xSmohf8Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=2Ic4qZWnU2I:ri3xSmohf8Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=2Ic4qZWnU2I:ri3xSmohf8Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=2Ic4qZWnU2I:ri3xSmohf8Y:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/2Ic4qZWnU2I" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters