Sri Lankan shares ended marginally higher on Monday, extending gains to a third straight session, supported by financial and communication services stocks.
The CSE All-Share index closed 0.09% higher at 12,470.81 points.
Ceylinco Insurance Plc and Dialog Axiata Plc were the top boosts to the index, gaining nearly 25% and 8.3%, respectively.
Losses in industrial stocks capped gains, with conglomerate Expolanka Holdings falling 1.2%.
Foreign investors were net sellers in the equity market, offloading shares worth 80.9 million rupees ($399,013.56), while domestic investors were net buyers, picking up shares worth 2.22 billion rupees, exchange data showed.
The equity market turnover was 2.25 billion rupees.
Sri Lankan shares jump 2% as industrial, financial stocks boost
The trading volume fell to nearly 73 million shares from 95.2 million in the previous session.
The island-nation reported 628,116 coronavirus cases and 15,808 deaths as of Sunday, data from the country's health bureau showed.
About 64.38% of Sri Lanka's population has been fully vaccinated, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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