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Sri Lanka rupee closes stronger at 312.75 to the US dollar

Bond yields were also down.

February 2, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close up 0.5-pct

Market cap drops

February 2, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 311.00/311.50 to US dollar

Strenghtened to as much as 310.50 in early trade

February 2, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes stronger at 313.25/50 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed stronger at 313.25/50 to the US dollar on Thursday, dealers said. Bond yields were up.

February 1, 2024 1 min read
Sri Lanka sells extra Rs10.3bn Treasury bills after auction

Bringing the total of bills sold this week to 113.8 billion rupees.

Sri Lanka rupee weaker against dollar, bonds steady

Bond yields were broadly steady except for the 2033 tenor

Sri Lankan rupee ends steady; foreign bank dollar sales offset importer demand

COLOMBO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee closed little changed in thin trade on Tuesday as dollar selling by for...

January 17, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka 03-month Treasuries yield hits 8.97-pct at auction

ECONOMYNEXT – The yield on three-month Sri Lankan Treasury Bills hit 8.97 percent at au auction Tuesday, up 19 ba...

January 10, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka 02-year Treasury Bonds yield 11.41-pct at auction

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank said it sold 02-year Treasury Bond to yield 11.41% at an auction Mo...

January 9, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka rating upgrade depends on meeting IMF conditions

ECONOMYNEXT – Potential improvements in credit profiles of sovereigns like Sri Lanka which have got International...

January 9, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields rise across the board

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lankan Treasury Bills rose across the board at Wednesday’s auction with the 03...

January 4, 2017 1 min read

Sri Lanka cannot defend exchange rate continuously: CB Governor

Sri Lanka cannot continuously defend an exchange rate, spending large volumes of forex reserves, Central Bank Governor I...

January 4, 2017 3 min read

Sri Lanka plans Europe listed rupee bonds

Sri Lanka is planning to sell internationally traded rupee bonds cleared in Europe, which will increase the liquidity of...

January 3, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan rupee edges down ahead of cenbank policy statement; stx fall

The Sri Lankan rupee edged down in thin trade on Tuesday amid worries over slowing foreign fund inflows, even as market ...

January 3, 2017 2 min read

Sri Lankan rupee falls nearly 4 pct in 2016; spot reference rate at record low

The Sri Lankan rupee fell 3.9 percent in 2016, with the spot currency reference rate hitting a record low on Friday, as ...

December 30, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan rupee edges down on unusual year-end dollar demand

The Sri Lankan rupee traded slightly weaker on Thursday due to unusual year-end importer dollar demand, while moral suas...

December 29, 2016 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 03-month Treasuries yield rises to 8.72-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lankan Treasury Bills rose at Wednesday’s auction with the 03-month bill yield...

December 28, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells Rs55bn in bonds below secondary yields

Sri Lanka sold 55.58 billion rupees of 4, 7 and 10-year bonds after calling offers for 57 billion rupees, at yields belo...

December 27, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka needs ‘competitive exchange rate’ to promote exports: Central Bank

Sri Lanka needs to maintain a competitive exchange rate that would promote Sri Lankan exports and not allow an overvalua...

December 23, 2016 15 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields rise across the board at auction

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lanka Treasury Bills rose across the board at Wednesday’s auction with the 03-...

December 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon launches 13.5-pct 5-year debt sale

Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon is offering 5-year publicly traded debt paying 13.25 percent in an 8.0 billion rupe...

December 20, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan rupee closes lower

The Sri Lankan rupee closed weaker on Monday on importer dollar demand, as the market braced for declines in the local c...

December 19, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan rupee falls as cenbank reference rate hike weighs; stx down

COLOMBO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee fell for a third session on Friday as banks bought the dollar after the...

December 16, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan rupee weakens as c.bank raises reference rate after Fed move

COLOMBO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee edged lower on Thursday as the central bank raised the spot reference r...

December 15, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka among most vulnerable to capital outflows: Moody’s

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka is among countries in the Asia-Pacific region that have the highest vulnerability to the ...

December 15, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka rejects bids for 03-month Treasury Bills

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s central bank rejected bids for 03-month Treasury Bills at Wednesday’s auc...

December 14, 2016 1 min read