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Feb 13 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended lower on
Monday, hit by losses in industrials and financials stocks.
* The CSE All Share index fell 1.65% to 8,790.72,
marking its worst day since Nov. 24.
* The island nation, caught in the worst economic turmoil
since independence from Britain in 1948, has sought a $2.9
billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund.
* India, the third major creditor to Sri Lanka, agreed to
support the country's debt restructuring last month.
* Expolanka Holdings and Dialog Axiata were the biggest drags to the index, down 5.1% and 7.3%,
respectively, according to Refinitiv data.
* The trading volume on the CSE All-Share index rose to 51.4
million shares from 40.3 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 1.27 billion Sri
Lankan rupees ($3.52 million) from 1.41 billion rupees on
Friday, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers in the equity market,
offloading stocks worth 138.3 million rupees, while domestic
investors were net buyers, purchasing 1.19 billion rupees worth
of shares, the data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 361.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Yagnoseni Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi
Majumdar)
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