Sri Lankan shares closed higher on Friday, led by gains in information technology and real estate stocks.
* The CSE All-Share index ASI settled 1.38% higher at 15,879.33.
* Carson Cumberbatch 
CARS.N0000 and Lanka Ashok Leyland 
ASHO.N0000 were the top gainers by index points on the CSE All Share, rising 30 points and 26.75 points respectively.
* Trading volume on the index fell to 54.5 million shares from 197 million shares in the previous session.
* The equity market’s turnover dipped to 1.66 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($5.6 million) from 3.67 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading stocks worth 252.7 million rupees, while domestic investors were net buyers of shares worth 1.55 billion rupees, the data showed.
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