* The CSE All-Share index rose 0.79% to 9,301.09.
* However, the index fell for the second straight week,
following four weeks of gain.
* Sri Lanka's key inflation rate eased to 50.3% in March
from 50.6% in February, the statistics department said on
Friday.
* The Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI)
reflected a reduction in food inflation to 47.6% in March from
54.4% in February, but non-food inflation reached 51.7%, the
Census and Statistics Department said in a statement.
* Sri Lanka will kick off a reworking of part of its
domestic debt next month and aims to finalise it by May, central
bank and treasury officials told creditors during a virtual
presentation on Thursday.
* Conglomerate Expolanka Holdings Plc and Ceylon
Tobacco Company Plc were the top boots on the index,
rising 5.8% and 2.2%, respectively, according to Refinitiv data.
* The trading volume for the CSE All-Share index rose to
382.4 million shares from about 45.7 million in the previous
session, touching its highest level since Feb. 1, 2022.
* The equity market's turnover rose to 4.27 billion Sri
Lankan rupees ($13.1 million) from 912.7 million rupees in the
previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers in the equity market,
offloading 2.6 billion rupees worth of shares, while domestic
investors were net buyers, buying stocks worth 4.20 billion
rupees, the data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 327.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Navamya Ganesh Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by
Varun H K)
(Corrects headline to say shares rose on industrials, not
financial stocks)
March 31 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed higher on
Friday, helped by gains in industrials and consumer
discretionary stocks.
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