* The CSE All Share index fell 1.26% to 9,198.63.
* The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World
Bank's investment arm, said on Monday that it will provide Sri
Lanka a $400 million cross-currency swap facility to help fund
essential imports.
* Three private banks, which together deal with over 30% of
Sri Lanka's remittances and exports, will receive the facility
to fund essential imports, including medicine, food and
fertiliser, the IFC said in a statement.
* Liquor maker Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC and John Keells Holdings PLC were the biggest
drags to the index, falling 4.9% and 1.8%, respectively,
according to the Refinitiv data.
* Trading volume on the CSE All Share index fell to 56
million shares from 84.1 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 1.21 billion Sri
Lankan rupees ($3.35 million) from 2.12 billion rupees in the
previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers in the equity market,
offloading shares worth 64.4 million rupees, while domestic
investors were net buyers, purchasing stocks worth 1.14 billion
rupees, data showed.
* On Friday, the index recorded best week since Jan. 20
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 361.2500 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Meenakshi Maidas in Bengaluru; editing by Shweta
Agarwal)
Feb 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed lower on
Monday, dragged by losses in financial and consumer staples
stocks.
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