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Bonds & Forex

Sri Lanka rupee at 331.15/25 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Stocks opened up

October 16, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 331.15/25 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields were broadly steady

October 15, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank to raise Rs10bn in debenture sale

5-year (12.80%) and 7-year (13.00%) instruments will be offered at 100 rupees each.

October 15, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells extra Rs7.2bn Treasury bills after auction

Bringing the total of bills sold in the week to 73.332 billion rupees; less than the offered 90bn.

October 15, 2026 1 min read
Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields rise on shorter term, less bills sold

86.48 billion rupees of bills sold of an offered 100 billion

Sri Lanka rupee at 332.52/60 to US dollar spot, bond yields flat

An auction of 100,000 million rupees Treasury bills was ongoing.

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

September 9, 2026 1 min read

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

Bond yields closed broadly steady, dealers said.

September 8, 2026 1 min read

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
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Latest Last
US Dollar 331.7485 330.8514
UK Pound 443.7468 438.3450
Euro 372.5204 371.0168
Yen 2.0969 2.0916
Aus Dollar 233.0533 231.1659
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
Latest Last
Indian Rupee 3.4948 3.4202
Korean Won 0.2499 0.2479
Oman Rial 861.6397 859.3320
Saudi Riyal 88.4403 88.0955
UAE Dirham 90.3209 90.0766
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
pts %
S&P SL20 5,656.91 -0.43%
CSE All Share 19,927.30 -0.28%
Turnover Rs 1457.79 million 1193.67 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
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Source: Central Bank/Indicative

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

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
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