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Bonds & Forex

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 301.90/302.00 to the US dollar

Bond yields were down

March 26, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 302.60/70 to the US dollar

Bond yields were broadly steady.

March 25, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 302.80/303.00 to the US dollar

Bond yields were broadly steady.

March 25, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 303.30/45 to the US dollar

Bond yields were broadly steady.

March 22, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka $2.5bn bond sale confirms investor confidence in growth story: HSBC

Sri Lanka's 2.5 billion US dollar bond sale has confirmed its position as a top issuer in the capital market with invest...

April 18, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka bonds yields rise, stock open higher after New Year

Sri Lanka's gilt yields rose Monday despite a 2.5 billion US dollar sovereign bond sale amid political uncertainly but s...

April 16, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Nations Trust Bank, SLT, People's Leasing debt issues oversubscribed

Sri Lanka's Nations Trust Bank said its 3.5 billion Basel-III-compliant debenture issue was oversubscribed on opening da...

April 16, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka US$2.5bn bond timing brought strong demand: Standard Chartered

Sri Lanka's successful 2.5 billion US dollar bond sale met the price and volume requirement and the timing helped draw i...

April 12, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka sovereign bonds get US$6.5bn in orders; US buyers lead: report

Sri Lanka's 2.5 billion US dollar sovereign bond sale had got 6.5 billion dollars of orders, with most of the bonds bein...

April 12, 2018 1 min read

S&P rates Sri Lanka sovereing bonds 'B+'

Standard and Poor's has rated Sri Lanka's 5 and 10 year bonds which were marketed on April 11, 'B+' in line with the cou...

April 12, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells record US$2.5bn in 5, 10-year sovereign bonds

Sri Lanka has sold 2.5 billion US dollars from sovereign bonds selling 5-yaer bonds at 5.75 percent and 10-year bonds at...

April 12, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka 10-year sovereign bond guidance narrowed to 6.75-pct

The pricing of Sri Lanka's 10-year sovereign bond that was launched Wednesday has been narrowed to 6.75 percent and whil...

April 11, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka's sovereign bond issue rated B+(EXP): Fitch

Fitch Ratings has assigned a B+(EXP) rating to Sri Lanka's sovereign bond issue of 5 and 10-year tenors with initial pri...

April 11, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka launches 5, 10-year sovereign bonds

Sri Lanka has launched a sovereign bond sale offering 5 and 10 year tenors with initial price guidance of around 6 to 7 ...

April 11, 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 Treasuries yield drop 20bp

Sri Lanka's 12-month Treasuries yield dropped 20 basis points from a week earlier to 9.71 percent at Tuesday's auction, ...

April 10, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields, overnight rates down after liquidity injections

Sri Lanka's bond markets were active after a ceiling rate cut, which was followed up with tens of billions of rupees of ...

April 10, 2018 2 min read

Moody’s upbeat on Sri Lanka’s new tax law, says supports revenue growth

ECONOMYNEXT – International credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service said Sri Lanka’s new Inl...

April 9, 2018 3 min read

Sri Lanka listed firms seek Rs20bn in debt ahead of New Year

Debt issues of up to 20 billion rupees of two state-controlled listed companies, Sri Lanka Telecom and People's Leasing ...

April 8, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom Rs7bn debt rated AAA(lka): Fitch

Fitch Ratings said it assigned a AAA(lka) rating to Lanka Telecom's proposed 7 billion debenture issue despite a new tax...

April 5, 2018 6 min read

Fitch Ratings raises stake in Sri Lanka unit

ECONOMYNEXT - Fitch Ratings said it has increased its ownership of Fitch Ratings Lanka Ltd. to about 89% from 45% throug...

April 5, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka 12-month Treasuries yield reaches 9.91-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – The yield on Sri Lanka’s 12-month Treasury Bills edged up further at an auction Wednesday, r...

April 4, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks gain 0.13-pct, rupee weakens

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka stocks closed 0.13 percent higher Tuesday on buying in Distilleries, while the rupee weakened ag...

April 3, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka bonds yields soar amid tax changes

Sri Lanka's bond yields rose sharply as the market took stock of two tax changes coming into effect from April, with auc...

March 29, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields sharply up at auction

Sri Lanka has sold 50 billion rupees in 5-year bonds and 30 billion rupees in 10-year after offering the same volume, da...

March 29, 2018 1 min read