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Sri Lanka rupee closes at 322.80/90 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 322.80/90 to the US dollar on Wednesday, dealers said. Bond yields steady.

January 10, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 322.80/95 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 322.80/95 to the US dollar on Wednesday, dealers said. Bond yields steady.

January 10, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 322.50/70 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 322.50/70 to the US dollar on Tuesday, dealers said. Bond yields were broadly stable.

January 9, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 322.10/40 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 322.10/40 to the US dollar on Tuesday, dealers said

January 9, 2024 1 min read
Sri Lanka sells Rs82bn treasury bills, yields flat

All 3 bills are available on tap at the weighted average yield.

Sri Lanka rupee stronger against dollar, bonds flat

Bond yields were steady, dealers said.

Fitch rates Sri Lanka's USD Bond 'B+(EXP)'

ECONOMYNEXT – Fitch Ratings has assigned Sri Lanka's upcoming US dollar-denominated bonds an expected rating of '...

July 14, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka central bank rejects 03, 06-month Treasury Bill bids

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka’s Central Bank rejected bids for 03-month and 06-month Treasury Bills at Wednesday�...

July 13, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee weaker ahead of bond settlement; liquidity short high

Sri Lanka's rupee weakened as much as 146.60 to the US dollars in the one week forward market dealers, said as liquidity...

July 12, 2016 2 min read

Most demand for 10-year Sri Lanka sovereign bonds from US

Demand for 10-year Sri Lanka sovereign bonds came most from US based investors, while Europeans led the subscriptions fo...

July 12, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells US$1.5bn in 5 and 10 year sovereign bonds

Sri Lanka priced its first dual-tranche sovereign bond after orders hit around $6.6 billion, more than four times the $1...

July 12, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lanka 5-year bond price guidance 5.8-pct, 10-year 6.875-pct

The price guidance for a 5-year sovereign bond has been narrowed to 5.8 percent and 6.785 percent for a 10-year bond, a ...

July 11, 2016 1 min read

Moody's gives (P)B1 rating to Sri Lanka's global bond offering

ECONOMYNEXT – Moody's Investors Service said it has assigned a provisional rating of (P)B1 to the Sri Lankan gove...

July 11, 2016 2 min read

Bond yields slightly down, Sri Lanka rupee steady

Sri Lanka's bond yields eased Monday and the rupee was steady in forex markets, dealers said, as a sovereign bond was la...

July 11, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka launches sovereign bond

Sri Lanka has launched a sovereign bonds seeking 5 and 10 year funds with Citi, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Standard Charter...

July 11, 2016 1 min read

ADB says supports Sri Lanka capital market development

ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will focus on capital market development in Sri Lanka to complemen...

July 9, 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 bond yields steady at auction

Sri Lanka sold 39.2 billion rupees of bonds after offering 35 billion rupees of securities at auction, while the central...

July 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee stronger, bond yields fall amid liquidity shortage

Sri Lanka's rupee strengthened 145.50/70 to the US dollar in the one week forward market with foreign bond buyers sellin...

July 8, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka to make bond auctions transparent, block manipulation: CB Governor

Sri Lanka is studying the bond auctioning processes to increase transparency and reduce room for manipulation benchmarki...

July 7, 2016 4 min read

Canadian dollar stronger as trade deficit widens

The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, boosted by a rebound in oil prices and shrug...

July 7, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka 03-month T-Bill yield 8.87-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s 03-month Treasury Bill yield eased one basis point to 8.87% at Tuesday auction b...

July 5, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka bond yields steady

Sri Lanka's bond markets were quiet with yields on most tenors unchanged from a day earlier, and the one week US dollar ...

July 5, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka long tenor bonds yields up

Sri Lanka's long tenor government bond yields rose Monday amid heavy selling by one gilt dealership, market participants...

July 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Sierra Cables gets Fitch 'BB+(lka)' rating

ECONOMYNEXT - Fitch Ratings said it has given Sri Lankan cable manufacturer Sierra Cables PLC a National Long-Term Ratin...

July 4, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lanka repays US$700mn Reserve Bank of India swap in June

Sri Lanka' had repaid a 700 million US dollar swap with the Reserve Bank of India in June, the Central Bank said.

July 1, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka starts selling US$500mn syndicated loan: report

Sri Lanka has started marketing a 300 million 3-year syndicated loan, with an option to go up to 500 million, a media re...

July 1, 2016 1 min read