Notable
Banks face mark-to-market losses as well as bad loans from soft-peg crisis
Profits at Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank Plc fell 4.9 percent to 4.9 billion rupees in the March 2022 quarter
Stability of foreign exchange rates was in their eyes a mischief, not a blessing
Net other operating income was loss of 12.2 billion rupees, loan loss provisions were down
Loans to state enterprises expanded marginally
Bank operating environment improving
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Amãna Bank said it is in talks with Islamic Corporation for the Development o...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s markets regulator has prohibited Swarnamahal Financial Services (SFS) from relat...
Sri Lanka has slammed a credit squeeze on three wheelers, which has stepped into a breach left by a low-quality, highly ...
Sri Lanka will give a 5-year resident visa for foreign individuals who deposit $300,000 in banks and rights to lease lan...
Sri Lanka's Janashakthi Insurance group had appointed Stuart Chapman as Director/Chief Executive Officer from January 01...
Sri Lanka is ready to license micro-finance companies, Central Bank Governor Indrajit Coomaraswamy said after a new laws...
Sri Lanka plans to promote ‘green financing’ to encourage businesses to conserve resources and better prote...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank will set up an ‘Enforcement Unit’ to prosecute boards ...
Sri Lanka will hike capital requirements for finance companies to Rs2.0 billion and leasing companies to Rs1.0 billion, ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's Abans Finance plans a one for five rights issue of 11 million ordinary shares at Rs25 e...
| 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 | - | - |
A sale of 13 million shares in Seylan Bank by state-run Bank of Ceylon is being looked into by the administration, a sen...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Sanasa Development Bank (SDB) said it plans a private placement of ordinary shar...
Sri Lanka's National Development Bank's rating has been downgraded to 'B' from 'B+' with a stable outlook at the lower l...
Fitch Ratings said it has lowered its sector outlook for Sri Lankan banks to negative from stable, saying operating cond...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Pan Asia Banking Corporation (PABC) said it plans to raise Rs2,065 million from ...
The outlook for banks in Sri Lanka remain stable but continued loan growth driven by construction credit may increase ba...
Sri Lanka's NDB Bank said Dimantha Seneviratne, who ran Colombo-based Pan Asia Bank for three year would be its chief ex...
ECONOMYNEXT – Commex Sri Lanka S.R.L., a fully-owned subsidiary of Commercial Bank of Ceylon has inaugurated its ...
ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government’s 2017 budget proposal to double the minimum capital of licensed c...
ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Cargills Bank, part of CT Holdings Group, made a group net profit of Rs28 million in the Septe...
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