Sri Lankan stocks end lower as industry and finance weigh

Sept 10 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan stocks closed lower Friday, dragged down by losses in industrial and financial stocks.

* The CSE All-Share Index closed 1.35% lower at 8865.30 points, losing 4.84% for the week and making a three-week run of gains.

* Conglomerates LOLC Holdings and Expolanka Holdings Plc were the biggest barriers, at 5.4% and 4% respectively.

* According to stock market data, the stock market turnover was 6.91 billion rupees ($34.55 million). here.

* Trading volume on the exchange decreased from 265.3 million shares in the previous session to 248.6 million shares.

* Foreign investors were net sellers in the stock market, selling shares worth 132.3 million rupees, stock market data showed.

* The island nation reported 2,856 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 477,636.

* Sri Lanka reported 175 fatalities from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 10,864, health agency data shows here.

* The country’s covid-19 curfew has been extended until September 21, President Gotabaya Rajapaksas’ spokesman announced on Friday.

* About 45.84% of the country’s population has been fully vaccinated to date, data from Johns Hopkins University shows bit.ly/3C2sMpY

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