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Sri Lankan shares end higher as financial, industrial stocks gain

Published 24-03-2021, 05:03 pm
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March 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Wednesday, with gains in financial and industrial stocks helping the country's main index extend gains for a third straight session.

* The CSE All-Share Index .CSE ended up 2.24% at 7,135.84.

* Browns Investments BROW.CM and LOLC LOLC.CM were the top boosts to the index, rising 12.5% and 5%, respectively.

* Tess Agro TESS.CM and Industrial Asphalts ASPH.CM jumped 25% each, to be the top percentage gainers on the index.

* Trading volume rose to 67.4 million from 29.7 million in the previous session.

* Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading 337.1 million Sri Lankan rupees ($1.70 million) worth of shares, according to exchange data.

* Equity market turnover was 1.56 billion rupees, exchange data showed.

* The Sri Lankan rupee LKR=LK was quoted at 198.5 against the dollar as of 1116 GMT, according to Refinitiv data.

* For a report on global markets, click MKTS/GLOB

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($1 = 198.5000 Sri Lankan rupees)

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