Feb 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended lower on
Tuesday, hit by losses in financial and industrial stocks.
* The CSE All-Share index fell 1.73% to 8,638.92,
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.
* Softlogic Life Insurance Plc and Sri Lanka
Telecom Plc were the biggest drags to the index, down
25.5% and 2.4%, respectively, according to Refinitiv data.
* The trading volume on the CSE All-Share index rose to 85.6
million shares from 51.4 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover rose to 2.24 billion Sri
Lankan rupees from 1.27 billion rupees on Monday, according to
exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net buyers in the equity market,
purchasing stocks worth 689.6 million rupees, while domestic
investors were net sellers, offloading 2.03 billion rupees worth
of shares, the data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 363.00 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Yagnoseni Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju
Samuel)
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