Sri Lanka shares closed slightly higher on Friday, on gains in consumer discretionary stocks and staples.
* The CSE All-Share index ASI settled 0.81% higher at 15,742.04 points.
* The Nuwara Eliya Hotels Company 
NEH.N0000 and Ceylinco Holdings 
CINS.N0000 were the top gainers by index points, up 159.5 points and 143 points, respectively, on the day.
* Trading volume on the index rose to 125.53 million shares from 54.75 million shares in the previous session.
* The equity market’s turnover rose to 2.43 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($8.1 million) from 1.47 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.
* Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading stocks worth 217.87 million rupees, while domestic investors were net buyers, purchasing shares worth 2.32 billion rupees, the data showed.
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($1 = 299.5500 Sri Lankan rupees)
