Aug 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed at a more than six-month high on Tuesday, driven by a surge in financial stocks.

* The CSE All-Share index ended up 2.2% at 8,667.95 points, the highest since Feb. 1.

* Financial services provider Commercial Leasing and Finance Plc was the top boost to the index, rising 49.71%.

* The equity market's turnover was 10 billion rupees, according to the exchange's data.

* Trading volume on the exchange rose to 421.4 million shares from 398.73 million shares in the previous session.

* Foreign investors were net sellers in the equity market, offloading shares worth 296.6 million rupees, exchange data

* The island-nation reported https://hpb.health.gov.lk/covid19-dashboard 194 fatalities due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 7,560.

* Sri Lanka is currently under a 10-day lockdown with COVID-19 cases rising by 4,355 in the last 24 hours, and total confirmed cases at 394,355.

* Data https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/sri-lanka from Johns Hopkins University showed the country has fully vaccinated 25.98% of its population so far.

* Thirty three stocks hit fresh highs, while 26 companies hit new lows on the main exchange, according to Refinitiv Eikon data.

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