Sri Lanka shares end higher as financial, consumer discretionary gains
BENGALURU, Sept 18 (Reuters) -Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Wednesday, aided by a rise in financial and consumer discretionary stocks.
* The CSE All-Share index .CSE settled up 1.3% at 10,826.24.
* Sri Lanka's economy grew 4.7% year-on-year from April to June this year, official data showed on Friday.
* SMB Finance PLC SEMB.CM and Radiant Gems International PLC RGEM.CM were the top gainers on the CSE All Share, rising 50% and 17.5%, respectively.
* Trading volume on the CSE All-Share index fell to 39.1 million shares from 50.1 million shares in the previous session.
* The equity market's turnover fell to 931.5 million Sri Lankan rupees ($3.07 million) from 1.22 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading stocks worth 101.8 million rupees, while domestic investors were net buyers, purchasing shares worth 907.9 million rupees, the data showed.
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($1 = 303.2000 Sri Lankan rupees)
Reporting by Ashish Chandra in Bengaluru; Editing by Vijay Kishore
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