Nov 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed lower for a third straight session on Friday, dragged down by healthcare stocks.

* The CSE All-Share index closed 0.2% lower at 8,491.80, exchange data showed. For the week, the index fell 2.7%.

* Sri Lanka said it held a productive meeting with its bilateral creditors, which include India and China, on Thursday as the country looks to restructure its debt and carve a path out of its worst financial crisis in decades.

* Sri Lanka defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time in May. Japan, India and China are Sri Lanka's largest bilateral creditors, while China's EximBank accounts for about $3.8 billion in loans extended to Colombo to fund large scale infrastructure projects.

* Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka Plc and Browns Investments were the top drags on Friday, falling 5% and 3.3%, respectively.

* Trading volume on the CSE All-Share index fell to 28.2 million shares from 50.2 million in the previous session.

* The equity market turnover was 817.8 million Sri Lankan rupees ($2.26 million), according to exchange data.

* Foreign investors were net buyers, purchasing 13.7 million rupees of shares, while domestic investors were net sellers, offloading stocks worth 806.6 million rupees, data showed.

* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 362 Sri Lankan rupees) (Reporting by Anuran Sadhu in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)