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Sunday September 13th, 2026
Bonds & Forex

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 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.

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

Bond yields closed lower on selected tenors

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

Sri Lanka sells extra Rs12bn Treasury bills after auction

Bringing the total of bills sold this week to 132 billion rupees.

August 26, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 328.50/60 to US dollar spot, bond yields down

Bond yields closed down, dealers said.

August 25, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells Rs50bn in 2030 and 2035 bonds

Both bonds are available on tap.

August 25, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 328.45/70 to US dollar spot, bond yields drop

Bond yields dropped ahead of auction

August 25, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 329.00/10 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields held broadly steady, dealers said.

August 24, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields drop further, Rs120bn sold

All 3 bills are available on tap.

August 24, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 328.90/329.05 US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields held broadly steady with a downward bias on the shorter tenors, dealers said.

August 24, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 329.40/50 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Rupee appreciated further

August 21, 2026 1 min read
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Latest Last
US Dollar 328.5966 328.3421
UK Pound 443.6711 443.5573
Euro 381.3692 381.2380
Yen 2.1270 2.1030
Aus Dollar 235.1437 236.4720
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
Latest Last
Indian Rupee 3.4427 3.4747
Korean Won 0.2438 0.2442
Oman Rial 853.4755 852.8366
Saudi Riyal 87.5068 87.4390
UAE Dirham 89.4627 89.3934
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
pts %
S&P SL20 6,002.46 -0.02%
CSE All Share 21,382.74 +0.12%
Turnover Rs 1129.82 million 2133.62 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 rupee improves to 329.25/50 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

The telegraphic transfer rates for the dollar was 325.6500 buying 334.6500 selling

August 21, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 330.10/20 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Rupee appreciated further

August 20, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells extra Rs14bn Treasury bills after auction

Bringing the total of bills sold this week to 154 billion rupees.

August 20, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 331.00/10 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Rupee appreciated further

August 20, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 331.10/20 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Rupee improved further

August 19, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields continue drop, Rs140bn sold

August 19, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon to raise Rs10bn with debenture sale

Floating rate, calculated as the 12 months Net Treasury Bill rate plus 2.00% per annum.

August 19, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 331.62/68 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Rs. 140,000 million Treasury bills are to be issued through an auction on 19 th August

August 19, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee at 331.90/332.00 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields held broadly steady, dealers said.

August 18, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 332.00/20 to US dollar spot, bond yields steady

Bond yields held broadly steady, dealers said.

August 17, 2026 1 min read