Feb 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended higher on
Wednesday, boosted by gains in industrial and financial stocks.
* The CSE All Share index rose 0.96% to 8,950.01,
snapping a two-day losing streak.
* Sri Lanka's trade deficit in December narrowed to $358
million from $1.09 billion a year earlier, while merchandise
exports and imports declined 7.7% and 36.4%, respectively, data
from the Sri Lankan central bank late on Tuesday showed.
* The trading volume on the CSE All Share index fell to 60.2
million from 77.8 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 1.54 billion Sri
Lankan rupees ($4.24 million), from 1.72 billion rupees on
Tuesday, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net buyers in the equity market,
purchasing stocks worth 250.3 million rupees, while domestic
investors were net sellers, offloading 1.54 billion rupees worth
of shares, the data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 363.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Yagnoseni Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi
Majumdar and Krishna Chandra Eluri)
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