Sri Lankan shares ended at a record high on Thursday, led by gains in industrial and financial stocks.

• The benchmark stock index closed 3.13% higher at 8,131.25.

The index has now notched 16 sessions of gains out of 17 sessions.

• Trading volume on the CSE All Share Index rose to 377.65 million from 287.96 million in the previous session.

  • Holding companies Lanka ORIX Leasing Company Plc and Hayleys Plc were the top boosts to the index, gaining 24.3% and 32.3%, respectively.

• Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading 601.4 million rupees ($3.08 million) worth of shares, according to exchange data.

• Sri Lanka's national consumer price inflation rose 4.6% in December 2020 from a year earlier, compared with a 5.2% rise in the previous month, data from the statistics department showed.

• The Sri Lankan rupee was last quoted at 195.5 against the US dollar as of 11:51 GMT, 0.26% weaker for the day compared to last session's close of 195, according to Refinitiv data.

• Equity market turnover was 14.20 billion rupees, exchange data showed.