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Bonds & Forex

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

Sri Lanka sells extra Rs8bn Treasury bills after auction

Bringing the total of bills sold this week to 108.4 billion rupees.

May 8, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker to dollar; bond yields down

Rupee depreciated further

May 7, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee weaker to dollar; bond yields down

There was no spot quote for the Sri Lanka rupee. The one-week forward was 321.60/90

May 7, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields flat, all bills sold

All offered 100 billion rupees bills sold.

May 6, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker to dollar; bond yields steady

Rupee depreciated to 321.00/30

May 6, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee depreciates; bond yields steady

An auction of 100,000 million rupees Treasury bills ongoing

May 6, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker to dollar; bond yields edge up

100,000 million rupees Treasury bills are to be issued through an auction on Wednesday.

May 5, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee weaker to US dollar; bond yields steady

100,000 million rupees Treasury bills are to be issued through an auction on Wednesday.

May 5, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 319.60/320.00 to US dollar; bond yields edge up

Bond yields edged up on the longer tenors.

May 4, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee flat, bond yields steady

Bond yields were broadly steady across the yield curve.

May 4, 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
I-m SLIBOR - -
Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lanka sells extra Rs10bn Treasury bills after auction

Bringing the total of bills sold last week to 136.94 billion rupees.

May 1, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee depreciated below 320 to US dollar as return of high inflation celebrated

Commerical Banks offering dollars for import TTs at 323 to the US dollar

April 30, 2026 5 min read

Sri Lanka rupee flat, bond yields steady

Stocks were trading down

April 30, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker, bond yields steady

Bond yields were broadly steady.

April 29, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields drop on shorter maturity, less bills sold

126.9 billion rupees sold of an offered 140 billion rupees bills.

April 29, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee weaker, bond yields steady

An auction of 140,000 million rupees Treasury bills was ongoing.

April 29, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 319.00/320.00 to US dollar, bond yields steady

Rupee depreciated further

April 28, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee quoted wide at 319.00/320.00 to US dollar; bond yields steady

Rupee depreciated further

April 28, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 318.00/25 to US dollar

bond yields were broadly steady.

April 27, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee quoted wide; bond yields steady

Unchanged from Friday's close

April 27, 2026 1 min read