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Sri Lanka rupee opens at 310.70/311.00 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 310.70/311.00 to the US dollar Monday, dealers said. Bond yields were steady.

February 26, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 310.95/311.05 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee appreciated further at 310.95/311.05 to the US dollar Thursday, dealers said. Bond yields down

February 22, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 311.10/20 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 311.10/20 to the US dollar Thursday, dealers said. Bond yields were broadly steady.

February 22, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 311.30/50 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 311.30/50 to the US dollar Wednesday, dealers said. Bond yields were broadly steady

February 21, 2024 1 min read
Foreign investors sell Sri Lanka rupee bonds for second straight week

Foreigners have so far bought USD 125 million worth rupee bonds so far this year

Sri Lanka rupee weaker against dollar, bond yields steady

Rupee depreciated

Sri Lanka 01-year Treasuries yield falls to 9.10-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan treasury bill yields fell at an auction Wednesday, the public debt department of the Cen...

September 20, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka new taxes to encourage bank deposits over Treasuries

New taxes effective from April 2018 could drive capital away from Treasury bill and bond markets to commercial banks due...

September 14, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's primary dealers to be taxed at 28-pct

Sri Lanka's primary dealers in government securities will be taxed at 28 percent under a new income tax law that will go...

September 12, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bonds 10-pct tax removed

Sri Lanka will end the practice of charging a 10 percent withholding tax on government securities under a new Inland Rev...

September 11, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka short bond yields up, rupee stronger

Sri Lanka's bond yields edged up slightly on Monday, ahead of a Tuesday holiday, dealers said while stocks closed lower,...

September 4, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields marginally up

Sri Lanka's 12 - month Treasuries yield rose 02 basis points to 9.67 percent at Wednesday's auction data from the state ...

August 29, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank to sell Rs10bn unsecured bonds

Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank Plc said it planned to sell 6.0 billion rupees of unsecured subordinated with an option to sell ...

August 29, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields drop after syndicated loan

Sri Lanka's bond yields has dropped over two days after proceeds of a sovereign bond came to the market and overnight ra...

August 28, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Kotagala Plantation says shortfall in debenture sinking fund

Sri Lanka's Kotagala Plantations Plc says a sinking fund to repay a billion rupee debenture has a shortfall as it had no...

August 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields reverse downward trend

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lankan Treasury Bills yields reversed a falling trend Wednesday with the one-year bill yield up 16 bas...

August 16, 2017 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
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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
today yesterday
Overnight Money 7.70 7.69
Gilt Repo 7.74 7.72
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Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lanka's central bank suspends PABC primary dealer arm

Sri Lanka's central bank has suspended the primary dealer arm of Pan Asia Banking Corporation for six months from August...

August 15, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka 03 month Treasury Bill yield down to 8.87-pct

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

August 9, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields fall sharply again across maturities

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lankan Treasury Bills fell sharply across the board at an auction Wednesday with the ...

August 2, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Lion Brewery downgraded after taxes favour hard liquor

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the rating of Lion Brewery to 'A+(lka)' from 'AA-(lka)' Sri Lanka's largest beer maker on l...

July 31, 2017 6 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields fall sharply across maturities

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lankan Treasury Bills fell across the board at an auction Wednesday with the 03-month...

July 26, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 06-, 12-month Treasuries yields fall sharply

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lankan Treasury Bills fell across maturities at Wednesday’s auction, with shar...

July 19, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka central bank buys US$136mn in June

Sri Lanka's Central Bank bought $136 million of foreign exchange from Commercial Bank, and there were no sales in June, ...

July 17, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 01-year Treasuries yield falls to 10.39-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – The yield on one-year Sri Lankan Treasury Bills fell 06 basis points to 10.39 percent at an auction...

July 12, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields down after auction

Sri Lanka's bond yields were marginally lower on Wednesday after an auction a day earlier, which saw rates fall, dealers...

July 12, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka 01-year Treasuries yield falls

ECONOMYNEXT – The yield on one-year Sri Lankan Treasury Bills fell 02 basis points to 10.45 percent at an auction...

July 5, 2017 1 min read