* The CSE All Share index settled 0.13% lower at
8,914.74 on Tuesday, after three consecutive sessions of gains.
* India has extended a $1 billion credit line for Sri Lanka
by one year, a Sri Lankan official told Reuters on Tuesday,
giving the crisis-hit country a backup funds to pay for
essential imports.
* The credit line, part of about $4 billion in emergency
assistance extended by India during the peak of Sri Lanka's
financial crisis early last year, was scheduled to end in March.
* LOLC Finance Plc and Cargills (Ceylon) Plc were the top losers on the CSE All Share, falling
~1.9% and ~3%, respectively.
* Trading volume on the index fell to 28 million shares from
46.6 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 667.8 million Sri
Lankan rupees ($2.10 million) from 885.2 million rupees in the
previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net buyers, purchasing stocks worth
39.9 million rupees, while domestic investors were net sellers,
offloading shares worth 657.4 million rupees, data showed.
* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 318.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Ashna Teresa Britto in Bengaluru)
May 9 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares end lower on
Tuesday, hurt by energy and materials stocks.
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