* The CSE All Share index settled 0.35% higher at
8,830.36 on Thursday but fell for the third straight week.
* Expolanka Holdings Plc and LOLC Finance Plc were the top gainers on the CSE All Share, rising 1.3%
and ~1.9%, respectively.
* Trading volume on the index fell to 12.7 million shares
from 29.9 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 252.4 million Sri
Lankan rupees ($793,710.69) from 611.7 million rupees in the
previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net buyers, purchasing stocks worth
32.7 million rupees, while domestic investors were net sellers,
offloading shares worth 245.5 million rupees, data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 318.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Ashna Teresa Britto in Bengaluru;; Editing by
Janane Venkatraman)
May 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares end higher on
Thursday, helped by industrial and financial stocks.
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