* The CSE All Share index fell 0.67% to close at
9,125.32. The index has shed 3.1% in the past seven sessions.
* On the day, Ceylon Tobacco Plc and Malwatte
Valley Plantations Plc were the top decliners on the
benchmark index, falling 3.1% and 10.6%, respectively.
* Overall trading volume rose to 61.3 million shares from
51.2 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover rose to 1.14 billion Sri
Lankan rupees ($3.6 million) from 678.7 million rupees in the
previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net buyers, purchasing stocks worth
293 million rupees, while domestic investors were net sellers,
offloading shares worth 1.09 billion rupees, the data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 320.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Ashna Teresa Britto in Bengaluru; Editing by
Savio D'Souza)
April 25 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed lower for
the seventh consecutive session on Tuesday, dragged by stocks of
consumer staples and industrial companies.
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