Notable
The tea prices are down for two weeks in a row.
This week 5.1 million kilograms were offered at the auction made up of 2.2 million kilograms of Low Growns.
However, the top agriculture export commodity fetched the highest rupee revenue in history
All districts record decline in crop intake
Export earnings total $1.19bn up to November
Output for the 11 months was up from last year, industry data showed.
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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s regional plantations companies (RPCs) said they were withdrawing from direct tal...
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| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.5018 | 332.3603 |
| UK Pound | 440.0661 | 440.9424 |
| Euro | 367.7137 | 368.4879 |
| Yen | 2.0793 | 2.0805 |
| Aus Dollar | 226.4670 | 227.4342 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5357 | 3.5474 |
| Korean Won | 0.2494 | 0.2492 |
| Oman Rial | 863.5962 | 863.2287 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5939 | 88.5586 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.5259 | 90.4874 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,293.72 | -1.13% |
| CSE All Share | 22,024.18 | -0.60% |
| Turnover Rs | 3232.70 million | 2975.05 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
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ECONOMYNEXT - An ex-plantations chief in Sri Lanka has challenged the gender norms and operational practices the industr...
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ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has allocated a US$100 million loan to Sri Lanka to modernise the ...
Sri Lanka's state plantations became a key tool of political patronage, where procurement contracts, jobs and parcels of...
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