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Tuesday September 26th, 2023
Bonds & Forex

Sri Lanka rupee at 365.7 to TT dollar, interbank rupee at 360.7

On Monday, the central bank guidance margin was set at plus 1.00 rupees or minus 4.00 rupees.

May 30, 2022 1 min read

S&P downgrades two Sri Lanka sovereign bonds to 'D'

2025, 2027 bonds downgraded to default a month after coupon payments missed

May 27, 2022 3 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 364.5 to TT dollar, interbank rupee at 359.25

Bond markets dull

May 27, 2022 1 min read

Sri Lanka Singer Finance downgraded, four on rating watch: Fitch

Abans Finance, AMW Capital Leasing and Finance and Richard Pieris Finance Limited on Rating

May 27, 2022 5 min read
Sri Lanka bond yields down, rupee stronger

Bonds closed down following a bill auction on Wednesday

Sri Lanka Treasuries auction yields fall across maturities

Yields across maturities fell

Sri Lanka bond yields to move up in 2020, credit to recover: research house

Sri Lanka's bond yields are likely to move up in 2020, but a pick-up in growth to around 4.0 percent of gross domestic p...

February 19, 2020 4 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ends weaker, bond yields fall

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed weaker at 181.62/70 to the US dollar in the spot market on Tuesday while bond yields eased, d...

February 18, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields up across maturities

Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields edged up across maturities at Tuesday's auction, with the three month yield rising 09 basi...

February 18, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens weaker, stocks gain

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted weaker at 181.55/65 to the US dollar in the spot market on Tuesday while bond yields rema...

February 18, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka intervenes on both sides to keep soft-peg in January 2020

Sri Lanka has bought 149 million dollars in forex markets to prevent the rupee from appreciating and sold 60 million dol...

February 18, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ends weaker, bond yields gain

Sri Lanka’s rupee ends weaker at 181.50/60 to the US dollar in the spot market on Monday while bond yields gained, dea...

February 17, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens steady, stocks gain

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted steady at 181.45/55 to the US dollar in the spot market on Monday while bond yields remai...

February 17, 2020 2 min read

Foreign investors sell Sri Lanka rupee bonds

Foreign investors have sold some rupee bonds for the third week in a row, taking the total down to 103.8 billion rupees...

February 16, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ends weaker, bond yields gain

Sri Lanka’s rupee ends weaker at 181.45/52 to the US dollar in the spot market on Friday while bond yields gained, dea...

February 14, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee quoted firmer, bond yields flat

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted firmer at 181.40/45 to the US dollar in the spot market on Friday while bond yields remai...

February 14, 2020 1 min read
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US Dollar 330.2942 315.1016
UK Pound 429.0139 401.1871
Euro 372.1704 343.1959
Aus Dollar 227.2526 211.5951
Yen 2.3820 2.1908
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Indian Rupee 3.6453 3.5932
Korea Won 0.2342 0.2292
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pts %
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CSE All Share 9,073.41 0.65%
Turnover Rs million 1,591,766,524.95 1,029,335,694.32
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3-m bill 21.72 21.79
6-m bill 19.55 20.31
12-m bill 17.72 19.28
5-yr bond 21.00 22.53
8-yr bond 19.42 20.55
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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Overnight Money 13.93 14.00
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Sri Lanka rupee ends stable, bond yields ease

Sri Lanka’s rupee ends steady at 181.42/48 to the US dollar in the spot market on Thursday while bond yields eased, de...

February 13, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee quoted weaker, bond yields flat

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted weaker at 181.45/55 to the US dollar in the spot market on Thursday while bond yields rem...

February 13, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee firmer, bond yields gain

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed slightly stronger at 181.42/47 to the US dollar in the spot market on Wednesday while bond yi...

February 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee quoted weaker, bond yields unchanged

Sri Lanka’s rupee was quoted weaker at 181.48/53 to the US dollar in the spot market on Wednesday while bond yields re...

February 12, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ends weaker, gilt yields unchanged

Sri Lanka rupee closed weaker at 181.45/55 percent to the US dollar in the spot market on Tuesday while bond yields rema...

February 11, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger, bond yields flat

Sri Lanka rupee opened slightly stronger at 181.35/45 percent to the US dollar in the spot market on Tuesday while bond ...

February 11, 2020 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee ends steady, gilt yields remain unchanged

Sri Lanka rupee closed steady at 181.40/42 percent to the US dollar in the spot market on Monday while bond yields were ...

February 10, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee gains, gilt yields stable

Sri Lanka rupee was quoted slightly stronger at 181.35/40 percent to the US dollar in the spot market on Monday while bo...

February 10, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker, gilt yields stable

Sri Lanka’s rupee ended slightly weaker at 181.40/50 percent to the US dollar in the spot market on Friday while bond ...

February 7, 2020 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee, stocks gain at open

ri Lanka rupee was quoted slightly stronger at 181.30/45 percent to the US dollar in the spot market on Friday while bon...

February 7, 2020 2 min read