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Monday November 9th, 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 sells extra Rs8bn Treasury bills after auction

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

Foreign investors buy Sri Lanka rupee bonds after selling for two weeks

Sri Lanka has enjoyed total inflow of around 57.5 billion rupees into rupee bonds this year through Oct 1.

Sri Lanka sells extra Rs4.3bn Treasury bills after auction

Bringing the total of bills sold this week to 99,859 million rupees.

May 28, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee spot closes at 328.50/332.00 to US dollar, bond yields up

The telegraphic transfer rate for Sri Lanka’s rupee against the US dollar was 323.5000 buying, 332.5000 selling.

May 27, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells Rs240bn in 2030, 2033 and 2035 bonds

All 3 bonds are available on tap.

May 27, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee spot at 328/330 to US dollar, bond market quiet amidst auction

An auction of 240,000 million rupees treasury bonds was ongoing

May 27, 2026 1 min read

Panicked Sri Lanka importers had bought forward dollars at up to Rs380-400: CB Governor

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May 27, 2026 3 min read

Sri Lanka rupee spot closes at 324/325.50 to US dollar, bond yields up

Bond yields spiked

May 26, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields spike, less bills sold

All 3 bills are available on tap.

May 26, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee spot at 322.00/323.50 to US dollar, bond yields up

Bond yields were quoted higher following the rate hike

May 26, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee spot closes at 325.50/327 to US dollar, bond yields down

The telegraphic transfer rate for Sri Lanka’s rupee against the US dollar was 321.5000 buying, 330.5000 selling.

May 25, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee spot at 328/335 to US dollar, bond yields hold firm

The telegraphic transfer rate for Sri Lanka’s rupee against the US dollar was 325.5000 buying, 334.5000 selling.

May 25, 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

Foreigners sell US$13.9mn worth Sri Lanka bonds amid depreciation fears

They are net sellers for second straight week, selling over US$28mn worth bonds in two weeks

May 24, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee spot closes at 329/331 to US dollar, bond yields recover

The telegraphic transfer rate for Sri Lanka’s rupee against the US dollar was 342.6799 buying, 353.1723 selling.

May 22, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells extra Rs100mn Treasury bills after auction

Bringing the total of bills sold this week to 67,337 million rupees.

May 22, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee spot at 343 to US dollar, bond yields recover

Bond yields were quoted and traded lower.

May 22, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee traded at 342/350 to US dollar, bond yields up

The telegraphic transfer rate for Sri Lanka’s rupee against the US dollar was 345.00 buying, 354.00 selling.

May 21, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee falls to 352.50 to US dollar for TTs, bond yields up

No spot quote available

May 21, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee falls to 345.50 to US dollar for TTs, bond yields up

The telegraphic transfer rate for the dollar was 336.5000 buying, 345.5000 selling.

May 20, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields rise, less bills sold

67.23 billion rupees bills sold of an offered 140 billion.

May 20, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee weaker; bond yields higher

Bond yields were quoted higher and wider, dealers said.

May 20, 2026 1 min read

Foreigners sell over US$14.7mn worth Sri Lanka bonds amid fresh depreciation fears

Foreign investment into rupee bonds have become a net outflow for the first time in 2026.

May 20, 2026 2 min read