* The CSE All-Share index ended 0.99% lower at 9,606.96. The index saw its best week since the week ended Feb. 24.
* Ratings agency Fitch said on Friday Sri Lanka was likely to secure financing support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after the lender's executive board set a date of March 20 to consider approval of a long-awaited $2.9 billion bailout.
* Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka Plc and LOLC Finance Plc were the biggest drags to the index on Friday, down 4.3% and 1.6%, respectively, according to Refinitiv data.
* The trading volume for the CSE All Share index fell to 66.7 million shares from 97.5 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 1.78 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($5.84 million) from 2.49 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net buyers in the equity market,
purchasing stocks worth 213.9 million rupees, while domestic
investors were net sellers, offloading 1.64 billion rupees worth
of shares, the data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 305.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; editing by
Uttaresh Venkateshwaran)
