Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Monday, helped by financial and industrial stocks, continuing a winning streak in which the benchmark index notch fourteen straight sessions of gains.
* The CSE All Share Index ended up 2.43% at 7,922.66, its third consecutive session of gains of more than 2%.
* Trading volume on the index rose to 506.32 million from 433.45 million in the previous session.
* Holding company Lanka ORIX Leasing Company Plc and Commercial Leasing & Finance Plc were the top boosts to the index, gaining 18.1% and 24.1%, respectively.
* Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading 372.3 million rupees ($1.94 million) worth of shares, according to exchange data.
* The Sri Lankan rupee was last quoted at 192 against the U.S. dollar as of 12:12 GMT, 0.26% stronger for the day compared to last session's close of 192.5, according to Refinitiv data.
* Equity market turnover was 12.18 billion rupees, exchange data showed.
($1 = 192.0000 Sri Lankan rupees)
(Reporting by Anuron Kumar Mitra in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur) ((AnuronKumar.Mitra@thomsonreuters.com; +91 99863 58469;))
