Sri Lanka shares fall on real estate, industrials weakness
Sri Lanka's CSE All Share index closed down 0.37% at 20,979.18 on Monday, weighed down by losses in real estate and industrials stocks. Trading volume increased to 48.7 million shares, but equity market turnover fell to 750.3 million Sri Lankan rupees ($2.27 million). Pegasus Hotels of Ceylon PLC and Hunter & Company PLC were the top percentage losers, falling 44.4% and 12.4% respectively. Foreign investors were net buyers, while domestic investors were net sellers.
Sept 21 (Reuters) — Sri Lankan shares closed lower on Monday, hurt by losses in real estate and industrials stocks. 18. 2% in July, its statistics department said on Monday. 4%, respectively.
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