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Sri Lanka rupee closes at 322.40/50 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 322.40/50 to the US dollar on Monday, dealers said.

January 8, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens at 322.10/30 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 322.10/30 to the US dollar on Monday, dealers said.

January 8, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka SEC approves rules to list infrastructure bonds on stock exchange

The regulations will ensure that investors are kept informed on the performance and with sanctions for non-compliance

January 7, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 322.45/65 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed stable at 322.45/65 to the US dollar on Friday, dealers said. Bond yields were broadly stable...

January 5, 2024 1 min read
Sri Lanka rupee strengthens against dollar, bonds steady

An auction of Rs. 82,000 million Treasury bills was ongoing.

Sri Lanka rupee flat against dollar, bonds steady

Bond yields were broadly steady, dealers said.

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
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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 sells Rs36bn 3,5 and 9 year bonds

Sri Lanka has sold 36 billion rupees of 3,5 and 9-year bonds at an auction Thursday, after offering 34 billion rupees of...

June 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan rupee 1-wk forwards rise on bank dollar sales; stocks up

Sri Lankan rupee one-week forwards rose on Thursday as a state-run bank sold dollars after the central bank intervened t...

June 30, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields steady

Sri Lanka's Treasury bill yields were steady at Wednesday's auction with 3 and 6 months yields moving marginally up, dat...

June 29, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka offers Rs34bn 3, 4 and 9-year bonds

Sri Lanka has called bids to sell 34 billion rupees of bonds with tenors of 3, 4 and 9-years, the state debt office said...

June 29, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka rejects bids for dollar bond auction

Sri Lanka has rejected bids for a 250 million dollar auction of Sri Lanka Development Bond styled securities issued most...

June 28, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells lower than offered volumes of bonds, yields drop

Sri Lanka has sold lower than offered volumes 23.9 billion rupees of 2 to 8 year bonds at Monday's auction after 30 bill...

June 28, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka opts for fixed rate, dollar loan to avoid forex, interest volatility

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s government has decided to obtain a Special Drawing Rights (SDR) loan from the In...

June 27, 2016 2 min read

Spot-next dollar trading resumes in Sri Lanka forex market

Sri Lanka's rupee traded in the spot plus one day market Monday and was quoted around 147.70/148.10 to the US dollar, in...

June 27, 2016 1 min read

Fitch downgrades NDB, confirms 8 Sri Lanka banks

ECONOMYNEXT - Fitch Ratings has downgraded National Development Bank PLC's (NDB) National LongTerm Rating to 'A+(lka)' f...

June 23, 2016 12 min read

Sri Lanka one week dollar forwards at 147.40/50 rupees

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's rupee was quoted at 147.40/50 to the US dollar in the one week forward market Thursday, with s...

June 23, 2016 1 min read