* The CSE All-Share index fell 0.68% to 9,173.97.
* The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is scheduled to hold its monetary policy meeting on
Tuesday.
* Conglomerate Expolanka Holdings Plc and Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC were the top drags on the index, falling 1.7% and 19.6%, respectively, according to Refinitiv
data
* The trading volume for the CSE All-Share index fell to 25 million shares from about 26.8
million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 768.3 million Sri Lankan rupees ($2.40 million) from
570 million rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers in the equity market, offloading 92.3 million rupees of
shares, while domestic investors were net buyers, purchasing stocks worth 681.3 million rupees,
the data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 320 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Meenakshi Maidas in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
April 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Tuesday dragged down by losses in
consumer staples and industrials stocks, ahead of an interest rate decision by the country's
central bank.
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