Feb 17 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended higher on
Friday, helped by gains in consumer staples stocks.
* The CSE All Share index rose 0.06% to 8,848.36.
* The island nation's president's office on Friday said it
hopes to get the International Monetary Fund programme by March
and also expects to gradually reduce interest rates in line with
inflation.
* The index fell for the second straight week.
* Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC and Hatton
National Bank PLC were the biggest boosts to the index,
up ~4% and 6.5% respectively, according to Refinitiv data.
* The trading volume on the CSE All Share index fell to 93.3
million shares from 94.3 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 1.28 billion Sri
Lankan rupees ($3.55 million) from 2.04 billion rupees in the
previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net buyers in the equity market,
purchasing stocks worth about 65.9 million rupees, while
domestic investors were net sellers, offloading 1.24 billion
rupees worth of shares, the data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 361.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by
Shilpi Majumdar)
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