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Sri Lanka rupee closes at 308.05/15 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 308.05/15 to the US dollar Monday, dealers said. Bond yields were broadly steady.

March 4, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 308.20/50 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 308.20/50 to the US dollar Monday, dealers said. Bond yields were broadly steady.

March 4, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 308.80/90 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 308.80/90 to the US dollar Friday, dealers said. Bond yields were broadly steady.

March 1, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 309.05/15 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 309.05/15 to the US dollar Friday, dealers said. Bond yields were broadly stable

March 1, 2024 1 min read

SrI Lanka ends 2017 with US$7.95bn in forex reserves; swaps slashed

Sri Lanka ended 2017 with 7.95 billion US dollars of forex reserves and has cut the central bank's exposure to swaps by ...

January 3, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka Telecom to sell Rs7.0bn unsecured deb

Sri Lanka Telecom will sell 7.0 billion rupees of unsecured, rated debt which will be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchan...

January 2, 2018 1 min read

Sri Lanka plans sovereign bond in early 2018

Sri Lanka would like to go to international market with a sovereign bond in early 2018 before the US Federal Reserve doe...

December 29, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka sells 3 and 8 year bonds

Sri Lanka has sold 30 billion rupees of 3 and 8 year bonds, the debt office said, amid falling interest rates and slowin...

December 29, 2017 1 min read

Foreign investors buy US$570mn dollars of Sri Lanka stocks, bonds

Sri Lanka's government bond and stock markets have seen 572 million US dollars flow in up to December 26, 2017, the cent...

December 28, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields drop

Sri Lanka's Treasuries yields dropped at Wednesday's auction with the 6-month yield falling 10 basis points to 8.30 perc...

December 27, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 03-month Treasury Bill yield falls to 7.69-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Treasury Bills yields fell across maturities at an auction Wednesday with the 03-month b...

December 20, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s fiscal reforms critical for better credit profile: Moody’s

ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka should continue with its fiscal reforms to improve government finances if its credit profi...

December 18, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka 01-year Treasury Bill yield falls to 9.04-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Treasury Bill yields fell further at an auction Wednesday with the 01-year bill yield fa...

December 13, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka builds ‘war chest’ for looming debt repayments: CB Governor

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank is using periods when there are no debt repayments to raise funds f...

December 7, 2017 4 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
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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
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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
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Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
Gilt Repo 7.74 7.72
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Sri Lanka Treasuries yields fall again

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Treasury Bill yields fell across maturities at an auction Wednesday with the 03-month bi...

December 6, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields fall across maturities

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Treasury Bill yields fell across maturities at an auction Tuesday with the 03-month bill...

November 28, 2017 1 min read

New Sri Lanka central bank department to implement foreign exchange law

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank said it has set up a new department called the Department of Foreig...

November 24, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 03-month Treasuries yield falls to 8.40-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – The yield on Sri Lanka’s 03-month Treasury Bills fell 14 basis points to 8.40 percent at an ...

November 22, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka PM outlines bond policy, makes history

ECONOMYNEXT - Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe explained his government's policy on raising public debt as he entered...

November 20, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka bonds probe reveals calls between Mahendran, Perpetual Treasuries’ Palisena

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s former Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran had been in regular contact with K...

November 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s 03-month Treasury Bill yield falls to 8.54-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's 03-month treasury Bill yield fell 13 basis points to 8.54 percent at this week’s...

November 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells 2 and 8 year bonds

Sri Lanka has sold 10 billion rupees of 2 year 6 month bonds at 9.92 percent, and 15 billion rupees of 7 year 11 month b...

October 31, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 01-year Treasury Bill yield rises to 9.51-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – The yields on 01-year Sri Lankan Treasury Bills rose 05 basis points to 9.51% at an auction Wednesd...

October 25, 2017 1 min read

Repayment bunching raises Sri Lanka’s debt rollover risks: Moody’s

ECONOMYNEXT – Despite a recent increase in foreign exchange reserves, Sri Lanka’s reserve coverage of exte...

October 17, 2017 3 min read