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Sri Lanka rupee trades at 313.50/314.00 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee was trading at 313.50/314.00 to the US dollar Thursday, dealers said. Bond yields were down.

February 8, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill auction yields down

Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields fell across maturities on Wednesday’s auction, data from the state debt office show...

February 7, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 313.00/50 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 313.00/50 to the US dollar Wednesday, dealers said. Bond yields were down.

February 7, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee trades at 312.75/313.40 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee traded at 312.75/313.40 to the US dollar Wednesday, dealers said. Bond yields were down.

February 7, 2024 1 min read
Sri Lanka rupee steady against dollar, bond yields edge down

Stocks were trading up, with the S&P SL20 hitting 6,000

Sri Lanka rupee weaker against dollar, bond yields edge up

Bond yields edged up, dealers said

Sri Lanka's Ceylon Dollar Bond Fund rating confirmed at 'B+f'

Fitch Ratings said it was confirming a 'B+f' rating of Ceylon Dollar Bond fund which invests in dollar denominated gover...

March 4, 2017 5 min read

Sri Lanka seeks lead managers for 2017 sovereign bond

Sri Lanka has requested proposals from banks and investment house to manage a sovereign bond of up to 1.5 billion US dol...

March 3, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka govt bonds have ‘full legal authority’: central bank

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka central bank said all Treasury bonds issued on behalf of the government have “full legal a...

March 2, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka 03-month Treasury Bill yield rises to 9.38-pct at auction

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lankan Treasury Bill yields rose across the board at an auction Wednesday with the 03-month bil...

March 1, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 02-year Treasury Bonds yield 12.89-pct at auction - central bank

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank said it sold 02-year Treasury Bond to yield 12.10% at an auction Th...

February 23, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka to sign deal with Euroclear to process rupee bonds

ECONOMYNEXT – The Sri Lankan government has approved an agreement with Belgium-based Euroclear to process interna...

February 23, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields up, lower volumes sold

Sri Lanka's 3-month Treasuries yield edged up 10 basis points to 9.32 percent at Wednesday's auction though the only 7.8...

February 21, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee bond exodus by Templeton: Fin Min

An exodus from Sri Lanka's rupee bond markets was mainly caused by the Templeton Investment Group, Finance Minister Ravi...

February 16, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka 03-month T-Bill yield rises to 9.22-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lankan Treasury Bills rose across the board at an auction Wednesday, with the 03-mont...

February 15, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 03-month T-Bill yield hits 9.16-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – The yield on three-month Sri Lankan Treasury Bills rose further at an auction Tuesday, going up 08 ...

February 7, 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
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

Gold climbs after Fed gives no clear signal on rates

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Gold hit its highest since mid-November on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve gave no clear...

February 2, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka 03-month T-Bill yield rises to 9.08 pct

ECONOMYNEXT – The yield on three-month Sri Lankan Treasury Bills rose to 9.08 percent at an auction Wednesday, up...

February 1, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 03-month Treasury Bill yield rises to 10.07-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Three-month Sri Lankan treasury Bill yields rose 05 basis points to 9.03 percent at Wednesday�...

January 25, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lankan rupee rises; cbank revises spot ref rate to record low

COLOMBO, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee ended slightly firmer on Wednesday, recovering from losses earlier in t...

January 25, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Entrust Securities fraud ignored by Rajapaksa regime while sons were funded: Kabir

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's ousted Rajapaksa regime stood idle while 12 billion rupees was robbed from bond investors at E...

January 25, 2017 2 min read

Perpetual Treasuries dumped 95-pct of bonds on Sri Lanka's EPF: legislator

Perpetual Treasuries, a gilt dealer linked to ex-Central Bank Governor Arjuna Mahendran, acquired tens of billions of ru...

January 24, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Presidential commission on bondscams to have two judges, auditor

A three-member Presidential commission of Inquiry to probe frauds in bond auctions will have a judge from the Supreme Co...

January 23, 2017 1 min read

Presidential commission for Sri Lanka bondscam

Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena will appoint a commission to inquire in to a securities fraud in government b...

January 23, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells US$458mn in fixed and floating rate bonds

Sri Lanka has sold $458 million of fixed and floating rate dollar-denominated bonds after calling offers to sell $225 mi...

January 19, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields up at auction

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lankan treasury bills edged up across maturities at Wednesday’s auction, with ...

January 18, 2017 1 min read