Sri Lankan shares end lower as industrials weigh

Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, hit by losses in industrials and financials stocks.

The CSE All-Share index settled down 0.30% at 10,132.12 points. The index had ended at a record high on Friday.

Conglomerate Expolanka Holdings Plc and LOLC Development Finance were the top drags on the index, falling 2.7% and 3.3%, respectively.

The equity market's turnover was 3.70 billion rupees ($18.41 million), according to stock exchange data.

Trading volume on the exchange fell to 96.5 million shares from 121.3 million shares in the previous session.

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Foreign investors were net buyers in the equity market, purchasing shares worth about 157 million rupees, as per exchange data.

As of Monday, the island-nation has reported 541,073 total confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13,743 deaths, data from the country's health bureau showed.

About 61.09% of the country's population is fully vaccinated so far, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.