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COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares closed largely flat on Friday as losses in consumer discretionary stocks offset gains in the broader market.
The CSE All-Share index settled 0.06% lower at 15,916.17 points. It gained 0.41% in the week.
Office Equipment was the top percentage loser on the benchmark index, down 7.5%, while Industrial Asphalts (Ceylon) was the top percentage gainer, up 33.3%.
Trading volume on the index fell to 97.2 million shares from 127.1 million shares in the previous session.
The equity market’s turnover fell to 1.55 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($5.19 million) from 1.67 billion rupees in the previous session, according to exchange data.