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Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 300.00/40 to US dollar

Bonds were broadly stable

April 24, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes stronger at 300.50/301.00 to US dollar

The rupee closed at 302.00/50 to the US dollar on Friday amid moral suasion

April 22, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee quoted in spot-next dollar market after pressure

Bond market flat

April 22, 2024 3 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker at 302.00/50 to the US dollar

Bond yields were broadly steady

April 19, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka central bank begins work on forensic audits of share, bond investments

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank said it had begun work on doing forensic audits of investments in e...

October 15, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka makes second forced bond sale, yields up

Sri Lanka has made the second coercive bond sale with gilt dealers being forced to 5-year bonds based on a cut-off decid...

October 12, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka widens bank dollar trading positions

Sri Lanka has widened dollar trading positions of some banks, market participants said, which were recently slashed amid...

October 11, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka bond markets inactive ahead of auction

Sri Lanka bond markets were inactive ahead of a 40 billion rupee bond auction on Thursday where 5 and 14 year bonds were...

October 11, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks down 0.34-pct, rupee weakens

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka stocks were trading 0.34 percent lower by noon Thursday on selling interest in Sampath Bank, Dia...

October 11, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka 3-month Treasuries yield rises 72bp at auction

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka' 3-month Treasury bill yields rose 72 basis points to 9.28 percent at Wednesday's auction after ...

October 10, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Dialog Finance gets AA(lka) rating: Fitch

Fitch Ratings said it has assigned Dialog Finance Plc a AA(lka) credit rating with a stable outlook despite its parent l...

October 10, 2018 4 min read

Sri Lanka to begin Panda, Samurai bonds sale process this month

Sri Lanka will start the process of seeking legal approvals to sell Renminbi and Yen denominated bonds for liability man...

October 9, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka rejects all bids at Treasuries auction

Sri Lanka has rejected all bids at an auction Wednesday amid tight liquidity from a reversal of a swap with the central ...

October 3, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Sampath Bank suspends $100mn bond issue

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's listed Sampath Bank said it was suspending a proposed 100 million US dollar debt issue to rais...

October 2, 2018 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 forex markets stabilizing, bought dollars Monday: Central Bank

Sri Lanka's central bank bought four million dollars in forex markets Monday and markets have begun to stabilize, offici...

October 2, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka plans sovereign bond this year

Sri Lanka expects to sell a sovereign bond before the end of the year and a billion dollar loan from China Development B...

October 2, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's JKH appoints Radhika Coomaraswamy as director

Sri Lanka's John Keells Holdings Plc, said Radhika Coomaraswamy, a retired senior United Nations official has been appoi...

October 1, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka 3-month Treasuries yield rise 49bp at auction

Sri Lanka' 3-month Treasury bill yields rose 49 basis points to 8.56 percent at Wednesday's auction up from 8.07 percent...

September 26, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka injects Rs59bn to clear liquidity shortfall

Sri Lanka has injected 59 billion rupees into the banking system through term reverse repo auctions to clear a liquidity...

September 25, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee falls to new low below 168 to US dollar; cash injected to keep rates down

Sri Lanka's rupee was quoted at 167.90/168.30 levels the US dollar in intra-day trading Thursday down from 167.10/30 lev...

September 20, 2018 5 min read

Sri Lanka rupee falls to new low below 167 to dollar

Sri Lanka's rupee fell to a new low of 167 to the US dollar dealers said, as the central bank continued to inject cash t...

September 19, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee hits new low; gilts close higher, stocks end flat

ECONOMYNEXT- The Sri Lanka rupee ended on a new low breaching 167 rupees against the US dollar on Wednesday as gilt yiel...

September 19, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka rejects bids at bill auction amid liquidity short

Sri Lanka rejects has rejected an entire 17.5 billion rupee auction of Treasury bills at this week's auction as rates sp...

September 19, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields up; overnight, term cash injected

Sri Lanka's bond yields rose higher Wednesday, and the central bank printed more money to ease an unusually large cash s...

September 19, 2018 2 min read