nov 23 reuters  sri lankan shares rose more than one percent for a second straight session on tuesday driven mostly by gains in financial stocks  lanka orix leasing company plc lolccm was the top boost rising 181 to a record high  the central bank of sri lanka cbsl is expected to raise rates a second time since the onset of the pandemic on thursday to curtail inflationary pressures manage external challenges and attract foreign inflows economists and analysts said read more  the equity markets turnover was 66 billion sri lankan rupees 3259 million according to stock exchange data  trading volume on the exchange fell to 2162 million shares from 224 million shares in the previous session  foreign investors were net sellers in the equity market offloading shares worth about 2177 million rupees as per exchange data  the islandnation reported 735 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours taking the total to 558120 data from the countrys health bureau showed  total death toll was at 14158 according to the data  about 6287 of the countrys population is fully vaccinated so far according to data from johns hopkins university  meanwhile at least six people have died and around ten are missing after a ferry they were travelling in capsized in eastern sri lanka on tuesday officials said read more reporting by nallur sethuraman in bengaluru editing by shinjini ganguli