Notable
The bank reported earnings of 5.92 rupees per share for June quarter
Profits helped by lower provisions even as net interest income falls
The head office's credit profile remains constrained by the sovereign rating due to its high interconnectedness with the
The notes, which would be the first listed green bond issuance in Sri Lanka, will mature in three years with fixed coupo
Provision reversals, rupee depreciation helps boost profits
Private credit outpaces private credit by Rs521bn rupees
Sri Lanka's commercial banks loans to private customers grew by 41.4 billion rupees in November 2020, slower than the 59...
ICRA Lanka said it was confirming a domestic [SL]BBB+ rating of State Mortgage and Investment Bank, a state-run housing ...
Sri Lanka's DFCC Bank has been downgraded to 'CCC+' from 'B-' by Standard and Poor's after an earlier cut in the soverei...
Mortgage loans at a state mandated 7 percent rate given to salaries workers could be used to build houses, purchase a la...
ICRA Lanka said it was confirming a [SL] A rating of LOLC Finance Plc, with a stbel outlook taking a consolidated view ...
Sri Lanka's loan growth will pick up "moderately" in 2021, with state banks contributing with bad loans rising but bank ...
Sri Lanka's state workers will get loans for housing at a 7.0 percent controlled rate and solar power at 4.0 percent wil...
Fitch Ratings has downgraded state-run Bank of Ceylon to 'CCC' from 'B-' in the wake of an earlier downgrade of the sov...
Standard Chartered Sri Lanka said it had financed personal protective equipment manufacture for export at Sri Lanka's Di...
Non-performing loans in Sri Lanka's banks were steady at 5.2 percent by October 2020 though a substantial volume of loan...
| 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 | - | - |
Sri Lanka will start directed lending under the policy of the current administration and will mandate a ceiling 7 percen...
Manila-based Asian Development Bank said it is giving a 165 million US dollar credit to Sri Lanka to support Coronavirus...
A proposal in Sri Lanka's budget for 2021 to merger finance and leasing companies with their parents will result in cust...
Sri Lanka will make finance companies owned by banks merge and where larger finance companies own smaller ones they will...
Profits at Sri Lanka’s NTB Banknet profits grew 20 percent to 1.3 billion rupees in the September 2020 quarter from a ...
Profits at Sri Lanka’s Seylan Bank fell 42 percent from a year ago to 624 million in the September 2020 quarter as loa...
Profits at Sri Lanka’s NDB Banknet profits grew 31 percent to 1.5 billion rupees in the September 2020 quarter from a ...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank group, which also has an insurance unit was flat at 3.46 billion rupees in t...
Sri Lanka's Commercial Bank of Ceylon Plc, the island's largest private lender said profits in the September 2020 quart...
Sri Lanka pawning (gold-backed loans) credit from the banking system had grown by 27 billion rupees 237 billion rupees i...
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