Shares continue gaining

Shares closed at a more than four-month peak on Friday, as industrial companies jumped, with the benchmark index logging its their fifth straight weekly gain.The CSE All-Share index ended up 3.7% at 9,027.48, clocking its longest gaining streak since mid-January 2021.The index added 8.3% for the week, its best week since week-ending May 13.

Conglomerate LOLC Holdings was the top boost, gaining 7.8%.On the CSE All-Share index, trading volume rose to 209.9 from 115.8 million shares in the previous session.The equity market turnover was 6.33 billion Lankan rupees ($17.83 million), according to exchange data.