Dec 24 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended 1% higher on Friday in a holiday-shortened session, boosted by heavyweight financial stocks.

* The CSE All-Share index ended 1% higher at 12,070.68 points in a half-day session on account of the Christmas holiday. For the week, the index added 2.7%.

* Financial services provider Senkadagala Finance and conglomerate Softlogic Holdings were the top boosts to the index, gaining about 25% each.

* The equity market's turnover was 2.84 billion rupees ($14.06 million), according to stock exchange data https://www.cse.lk/pages/daily-market-summary/daily-market-summary.component.html.

* Trading volume fell to 175.5 million shares from 204.2 million shares in the previous session.

* Foreign investors were net sellers in the equity market, offloading shares worth 67.7 million rupees, as per exchange data.

* As of Thursday, the island-nation has reported 582,149 coronavirus cases and 14,832 deaths, data from the country's health bureau showed https://bit.ly/3rFnGyb.

* About 63.39% of Sri Lanka's population has been fully vaccinated, according to data from Johns Hopkins University https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/region/sri-lanka.

* For a report on global markets, click ($1 = 202.0000 Sri Lankan rupees) (Reporting by Anuron Kumar Mitra in Bengaluru; editing by Uttaresh.V)