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Sri Lanka rupee closes at 328.45/60 to US dollar spot, bond yields higher

Bond yields closed higher on select tenors,

September 10, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 328.60/70 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields were quoted steady to lower, dealers said.

September 10, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields dip across longer terms, Rs80bn sold

The 3-month bill was up 7 basis points at 9.03 percent, with 35 billion rupees offered and 17.47 billion sold.

September 9, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 328.60/80 to US dollar spot, bond yields low

Bond yields closed lower on selected tenors

September 9, 2026 1 min read
Sri Lanka rupee at 328.75/85 to US dollar spot, bond yields edge up

Bond yields edged up select tenors, as a Treasury bill auction was ongoing

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker at 328.70/329.00 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields closed broadly steady, dealers said.

Sri Lanka’s Nations Trust Bank to raise Rs13.8bn in rights issue

3 ordinary non-voting convertible shares for every 22 ordinary voting shares and/or ordinary non-voting convertible shar

September 8, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 328.30/40 to US dollar spot, bond yields flat

Bond yields held broadly steady, dealers said.

September 8, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 328.25/30 to US dollar spot, bond yields up

Bond yields closed higher, dealers said.

September 7, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 328.20/40 to US dollar spot, bond yields flat

Stocks opened up

September 7, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 328.20/30 to US dollar spot, bond yields higher

Bond yields were quoted slightly higher, dealers said.

September 4, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 328.45/60 to US dollar spot, bond yields up

Bond yields closed higher, dealers said.

September 3, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells extra Rs8bn Treasury bills after auction

Bringing the total of bills sold this week to 88 billion rupees.

September 3, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s DFCC Bank to list 13-pct debentures

The Colombo Stock Exchange has approved the listing in principle.

September 3, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 328.25/35 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields were somewhat steady, dealers said.

September 3, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 328.30/60 to US dollar spot, bond yields up

Bond yields closed higher, dealers said.

September 2, 2026 1 min read
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Latest Last
US Dollar 328.3421 336.1698
UK Pound 443.5573 445.0216
Euro 381.2380 383.3680
Yen 2.1030 2.0663
Aus Dollar 236.4720 231.5874
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
Latest Last
Indian Rupee 3.4747 3.5512
Korean Won 0.2442 0.2160
Oman Rial 852.8366 873.1683
Saudi Riyal 87.4390 89.4735
UAE Dirham 89.3934 91.5246
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
pts %
S&P SL20 6,066.55 +0.13%
CSE All Share 21,623.66 +0.01%
Turnover Rs 2133.62 million 1070.24 million
Source: CSE
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
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
today yesterday
Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
Gilt Repo 7.74 7.72
I-m SLIBOR - -
Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields dip further, Rs80bn sold

All 3 bills are available on tap.

September 2, 2026 1 min read

Foreign investors buy over US$24mn worth of Sri Lanka rupee bonds

Foreigners have bought 89.3 billion (US$271.1 million) worth rupee bonds in the last 11 straight weeks since June 19.

September 1, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka sells extra Rs5bn Treasury bonds after auction

Bringing the total of bonds sold in the week to 55 billion, data from the Public Debt Management Office showed.

September 1, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 327.90/328.05 to US dollar spot, bond yields ease

Bond yields were down particularly on the belly end of the actively quoted tenors, dealers said.

September 1, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 328.10/30 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields closed lower on selected tenors while the rest of the yield curve consolidated, dealers said.

August 31, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 327.68/75 to US dollar spot, bond yields flat

Bond yields were broadly steady, dealers said.

August 31, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 327.98/328.04 to US dollar spot, bond yields down

Bond yields edged lower

August 28, 2026 1 min read

Fitch rates DFCC Bank's proposed Basel III debt BBB+(lka)

The proposed debentures will mature in five years and will be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange.

August 28, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 328.00/05 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields were steady to lower on select tenors, dealers said.

August 28, 2026 1 min read

Foreign investors buy over US$25mn worth of Sri Lanka rupee bonds last week

Latest buying boosted the foreign buying in the government securities to 81.2  billion (US$246.3 million) in 10 weeks

August 27, 2026 2 min read
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