Notable
Rupee asset values down amid currency gain
Sri Lanka to face an evaluation by the Asia Pacific Regional Group on Money Laundering from March 2025
Private credit positive for the first time since May 2023
Risks to Sri Lankan banks' operating environment (OE) remains high
The 2024 last quarter also saw ISB restructuring which boosted profits
Survey was conducted between 12 December 2024 and 10 January 2025, before US President Donald Trump announced tariffs
ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said it has downgraded the ratings of Sri Lanka’s National Savings Bank, Bank ...
Ignorance about risks and a focus on rewards only making it easy for people to fall victim for scammers despite having h...
ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings said it has downgraded the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) rating of Sri Lanka Insur...
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s banking regulator said it would pay compensation to depositors of Standard Credit...
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ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings has maintained its negative outlook for Sri Lankan banks, saying the macroeconomic fa...
ECONOMYNEXT – Dialog Finance , the fin-tech unit of Sri Lanka’s top mobile phone operator Dialog Axiata, l...
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ECONOMYNEXT - Profits at Sri Lanka's Hatton National Bank grew 17 percent from a year earlier to 4.8 billion rupees in t...
ECONOMYNEXT - Profits at listed Commercial Bank of Ceylon Plc grew 24.5 percent from a year earlier to 5.1 billion rupee...
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 332.3603 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 440.9424 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 368.4879 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0805 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 227.4342 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.5474 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2492 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 863.2287 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.5586 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.4874 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 6,365.57 | +0.26% |
| CSE All Share | 22,157.40 | +0.56% |
| Turnover Rs | 2975.05 million | 1193.67 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 | - | - |
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) said it has signed an agreement with the Depar...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Cargills Bank reported net profit slumped to less than a million rupees in the S...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Monetary Board of Sri Lanka's Central Bank has promoted Assistant Governors S R Attygalle and H...
ECONOMYNEXT - AIA Insurance Lanka has entered into a partnership with Sampath Bank to enable customers make insurance pr...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Nations Trust Bank Plc grew a marginal 3 percent from a year earlier to 1 billion rupees in the S...
Profits at Sri Lanka's listed DFCC Bank Plc rose 90 percent from a year earlier to 810.8 million rupees in the September...
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka's banks are easy targets for higher taxes which is hurting profitability and discouraging ...
Profits at Sri Lanka's listed Pan Asia Bank fell 13 percent from a year earlier to 260.7 million rupees in the September...
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