Sri Lankan shares end higher as IT, consumer discretionary stocks gain
Nov 14 (Reuters) -Sri Lankan shares closed higher for a sixth straight session on Thursday, aided by gains in information technology and consumer discretionary stocks.
* The CSE All-Share index .CSE settled 0.56% higher at 13,198.80. Sri Lanka markets are closed on Friday for a holiday.
* Sri Lankans began voting on Thursday in a snap general election to decide if the Indian Ocean island nation will give its new leftist president greater legislative power to help the poor as it recovers from a financial meltdown.
* Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) ASPH.CM and Blue Diamonds Jewellery Worldwide BLUE.CM were the top percent gainers on the CSE All-Share, rising 33.33% each.
* Trading volume on the index fell to 156.7 million shares from 204.6 million shares in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 3.79 billion Sri Lankan rupees (nearly $13 million) from 6.98 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading stocks worth 255.7 million rupees, while domestic investors were net buyers, purchasing shares worth 3.69 billion rupees, the data showed.
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($1 = 292.1000 Sri Lankan rupees)
Reporting by Dimpal Gulwani; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala
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