Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, marking fourth consecutive session of fall, on the back of weakness in industrial, real estate, and energy stocks.
* The CSE All Share index CSELK:ASI fell 1.1% to 21,898.20
* Sri Lanka's consumer prices climbed 2.4% year-on-year in November, after rising 2.7% in October, the statistics department said.
* SMB Finance PLC CSELK:SEMB.N0000 and Colombo Dockyard PLC CSELK:DOCK.N0000 were the top percentage losers on the CSE All Share index, falling 25% and 24.9%, respectively.
* Trading volume on the CSE All Share index rose to 81.9 million shares from 75.1 million in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 2.98 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($9.6 million) from 3.45 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net buyers, purchasing stocks worth 57.2 million rupees, while domestic investors were net sellers, offloading shares worth 2.93 billion rupees, the data showed.
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($1 = 309.5500 Sri Lankan rupees)