CSE financial, industrial stocks drag

The CSE All-Share index dropped 0.55% to 23,681.68, down for a third-consecutive session. The index declined 0.4% last week, snapping a four-week winning run.

Conglomerate ‌ACME ⁠Printing and ​Packaging ‌Plc and Softlogic Holdings Plc were the biggest drags on the CSE All-Share index, falling 10.9% and 8%, respectively.

Trading volume fell ⁠to 153.6 million shares from ‌211.6 million in the ‍previous session.

The equity market’s turnover ‍dropped to 5.16 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($16.7 million), compared with 9.19 billion rupees in the previous ​session, according to exchange data.

Foreign investors were ⁠net sellers of shares worth 453.1 million rupees in the equity market, while domestic investors were net buyers of shares worth 5.08 billion rupees, data showed.