Sri Lankan shares ended lower on Monday, dragged by losses in financial stocks.

* The CSE All Share index fell 0.85% to 9,100.14, snapping a three-day rally.

* Sri Lanka is completing the pre-requisites to unlock a $2.9 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund and expects rapid approval from the global lender, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday in his address to mark the island nation's 75th Independence Day.

* The country is focused on getting financing assurances from key bilateral creditors China and Japan. India, the third major creditor, agreed to support debt restructuring last month.

** Also, a group of overseas private creditors is ready to hold debt restructuring talks with the country consistent with the IMF's programme, their legal adviser White & Case LLP said on Friday.

* Sri Lanka's stock market was closed on Friday for a holiday.

* LOLC Finance and LOLC Holdings were the biggest drags to the index on Monday, down 4.6% and 1.8%, respectively, according to Refinitiv data.

* The trading volume on the CSE All Share index fell to 73.9 million shares from 106.8 million in the previous session.

* The equity market's turnover fell to 2.32 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($6.42 million), from 4.17 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.

* Foreign investors were net buyers in the equity market, purchasing stocks worth 490.6 million rupees, while domestic investors were net sellers, offloading 2.29 billion rupees worth of shares, the data showed.

* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 361.5000 Sri Lankan rupees) (Reporting by Yagnoseni Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar)