CSE: Information technology shares gain

Sri Lankan shares logged their fourth straight week of gains on Friday, after information technology stocks drove the session to a higher finish.

* The CSE All Share index settled up 0.33% at 15851.74.

* Nation Lanka Finance and Lake House Printers and Publishers were Friday’s top percentage gainers on the CSE All Share, rising 100% and 22%, respectively.

* Trading volume on the CSE All Share index fell to 77.3 million shares from 124.8 million in the previous session.

* According to exchange data, the equity market’s turnover rose to 5.90 billion Sri Lankan rupees ($19.7 million) from 2.38 billion rupees in the previous session.

* The data showed that Foreign investors were net sellers, offloading stocks worth 1.30 billion rupees, while domestic investors were net buyers, purchasing shares worth 4.69 billion rupees.