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Sri Lanka has witnessed total inflow of around Rs.60.7 billion into rupee bonds this year through Oct. 9
Bond yields closed slightly higher, dealers said.
The ASPI ended the week down 496 points from last Friday, amidst a mixed week of trading.
Market turnover was 343.62 million rupees.
Debentures are likely to have a five-year maturity and will be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange.
Debentures to have a maturity of five years and are to be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange
To buy 100 percent of the shares in Continental Insurance Lanka Limited for 5,144,636,012 rupees.
Market turnover was 2.78 billion rupees. Banks led turnover with 1.07 billion rupees.
The group also saw a 4.65 billion rupee impairment reversal during the corresponding quarter in 2025.
However, the bottom line was pressured by a 31 percent increase in net finance costs, which reached 3.64 billion rupees
Sampath Bank reported a profit of 11.03 billion rupees for the June quarter, up 65 percent year-on-year.
Bond yields were broadly steady dealers said.
Bond yields dropped further, dealers said.
All offered 140 billion rupees of bills sold
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Bond yields dropped drastically, dealers said.
Bond yields closed steady compared to the previous close after dropping intraday, dealers said.
CB has bough US$905 million from the market on a net basis in the first seven months of 2026
Bond yields extend decline
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