Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Tuesday, weighed down by utilities stocks.
* The CSE All-Share index CSELK:ASI fell 0.12% to 21,066.18, marking its fourth straight session of losses.
* InsureMe Insurance Brokers CSELK:INME.N0000, a Sri Lanka-based insurance and licensed broker, and commercial bank Sampath Bank CSELK:SAMP.N0000 were the biggest drags on the CSE All-Share index, falling 7.2% and 6.7%, respectively.
* Trading volume fell to 100.4 million shares from 145.5 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover rose to 3.57 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($11.3 million) from 2.17 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers of shares worth 165.7 million rupees in the equity market, while domestic investors were net buyers of shares worth 3.53 billion rupees, data showed.
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($1 = 315.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)