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Sri Lanka rupee closes at 304.35/50 to the US dollar

Bond yields were down.

March 18, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 304.60/65 to the US dollar

Bond yields were down.

March 18, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 305.20/25 to the US dollar

Bond yields down

March 15, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 305.23/28 to the US dollar

Bond yields were steady.

March 15, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields steady, rupee stronger

Sri Lanka's rupee was quoted at 154.85/95 to the US dollar in morning trade, around the same level as yesterday's close,...

February 27, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells lower than offered bonds; forced dump rule not used

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka has sold 22 billion rupees of 3 and 7 year bonds, lower than the 40 billion rupees offered, at r...

February 26, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee steady, bond yields up on auction day

Sri Lanka's bond yields were up about 10 to 15 basis points ahead of a bond auction late in the day, and the rupee was s...

February 26, 2018 1 min read

Investors sell Sri Lanka rupee bonds amid political in-fighting

Foreign investors in Sri Lanka rupee bonds have started to cut their portfolios amid conflicts between President Maithri...

February 26, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka bonds flat, concern that Mangala may change

Sri Lanka bond yields were flat and the rupee was steady, but stock were weaker though there were concerns that Finance ...

February 23, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee stronger, interest in bills, bond yields slightly up

Sri Lanka's rupees was stronger and one year bills were actively quoted following two auctions where no money was printe...

February 22, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka 12-month Treasuries yield up 17bp

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lanka's Treasury Bills rose sharply for the second week running at Wednesday's auctio...

February 21, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields up as cabinet re-shuffle awaited; rupee flat

Sri Lanka's government bonds faced renewed selling pressure Wednesday amid continued political drift, as a cabinet re-sh...

February 21, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields fall, stocks open higher

Sri Lanka's bond yields fell Tuesday following statements that the ruling coalition will continue with a cabinet re-shuf...

February 20, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee open stronger, bonds wide amid uncertainty

Sri Lanka's rupee opened at 155.10/20 to the US dollar in the spot market, slightly stronger from Friday's close of 155....

February 19, 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 bonds volatile, stocks up as cabinet re-shuffle awaited

Sri Lanka's bond yields fell Friday as the ruling coalition said it would go ahead with a co-habitation with a cabinet r...

February 16, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka not intervening; forex, bill markets as automatic stabilizers: CB

Sri Lanka's central bank is not intervening in forex or Treasury bill auctions, but are allowing market forces to respon...

February 16, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka to go ahead with sovereign sale; 2027 bond battered

Sri Lanka will go ahead with an international sovereign bond as early in 2018 as possible Central Bank Governor Indrajit...

February 15, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields spike across maturities

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields rose across maturities at Wednesday's auction with the 12-month bill yield u...

February 14, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka seen holding policy interest rates steady

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank is likely to keep its key policy interest rates unchanged when it a...

February 14, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee plunges, bonds high on political uncertainty

Sri Lanka's rupee fell to 155.45/55 against the US dollar in the spit market Wednesday morning down from 154.95/10 a day...

February 14, 2018 2 min read

CMPort sells Panda bonds to fund Sri Lanka Hambantota port buy

ECONOMYNEXT - China Merchants Port Holdings has raised 500 million renminbi (US$79.5 million) from a three-year ‘P...

February 12, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields spike after Rajapaksa win

Sri Lanka's bond yields spiked Monday as investors took stock of a shock defeat for the ruling coalition for and landsli...

February 12, 2018 2 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields up

Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields rose across maturities at Wednesday's auction with the 12-month yield up 04 basis points t...

February 7, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields flat

Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields were flat at Tuesday's auction with the 26 billion rupees of 6 and 12 month bills being so...

January 30, 2018 1 min read