Aug 13 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares edged up on Friday as financial stocks gained, but closed the week lower as the country posted a record single-day death toll due to COVID-19.

* The CSE All-Share index ended 0.19% higher at 7,996.04. The index notched its third straight week of losses, falling 1.27%.

* Investment holding company Ambeon Capital Plc and Commercial Leasing & Finance Plc were the top boosts to the index, rising 24.7% and 5.1%, respectively.

* The island-nation reported https://hpb.health.gov.lk/covid19-dashboard 156 deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day death toll so far, bringing the total number of fatalities to 5,620.

* Cases rose by 3,039 in the last 24 hours, bringing the total confirmed cases to 345,118.

* Data https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/sri-lanka from Johns Hopkins university showed the country had fully vaccinated about 17.32% of its population so far.

* Sri Lanka's June trade deficit widened year-over-year to $652 mln, while both imports and exports rose 57.2% and 12.6% respectively, data from the central bank showed.

* Trading volume on the exchange fell to 162.7 million, from 208.4 million in the previous session.

* Foreign investors were net sellers in the equity market, offloading shares worth 42.8 million rupees ($214,536.34), exchange data showed https://www.cse.lk/pages/daily-market-summary/daily-market-summary.component.html.

* The equity market's turnover was 2.32 billion rupees, according to the exchange data.

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