* The CSE All-Share index fell 1.42% to 9,285.21.
* Conglomerate Expolanka Holdings and LOLC Finance were
the top drags on the index, down 2.6% and 1.6%, respectively, according to
Refinitiv data.
* Trading volume for the CSE All-Share index fell to 45.4 million shares
from about 54.6 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 871 million Sri Lankan rupees ($2.72
million) from 1.90 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange
data.
* Foreign investors were net buyers in the equity market, purchasing stocks
worth 44 million rupees, while domestic investors were net sellers, offloading
858 million rupees of shares, the data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 320 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)
March 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, weighed
by losses in industrial and financial stocks.
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