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The market generated a turnover of 654 million rupees.
The final decision from the IMF executive board is expected late night on Monday.
Rupee closed at stronger at 332/335 against the US dollar
Trades were done as strong as 334 to the US dollar
Sri Lanka rupee opened at 310/320 rupees against the US dollar.
(ASPI) closed down 0.81 percent or 77.38 points to 9,527.05.
In late trading the rupee was quoted around 327/330 to the US dollar
All 110 billion rupees of 01 May 2027 bonds were sold at 28.11 percent.
"Market went up from 8,900 to 9,700 solely on the IMF being finalized, with this the market is bound to come down."
Market is waiting for the results of the bond auction, a dealer said.
(ASPI) closed down 0.99 percent, or 96.52 points, at 9,606.96.
A 180,000 million treasury bonds auction is due on March 13
The Market generated a revenue of 1.5 billion rupees within 1130 hours.
The spot US dollar was offered at 319 and 318 in late morning trade.
Issue of 180,000 million rupees Treasury Bonds is scheduled on March 13
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 328.6083 | 334.9328 |
| UK Pound | 404.2407 | 411.1914 |
| Euro | 358.1529 | 359.7836 |
| Aus Dollar | 221.9914 | 225.8025 |
| Yen | 2.5191 | 2.5583 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.8504 | 4.0593 |
| Korea Won | 0.2471 | 0.2566 |
| Oman Rial | 824.2395 | 870.3981 |
| Saudi Riyal | 84.4779 | 89.2088 |
| UAE Dirham | 86.3927 | 91.2333 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,722.94 | -1.64% |
| CSE All Share | 9,395.98 | -1.38% |
| Turnover Rs million | 3,437,599,160 | 1,512,188,680 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 26.95 | 28.13 |
| 6-m bill | 26.26 | 27.13 |
| 12-m bill | 25.26 | 26.11 |
| 5-yr bond | 26.01 | 25.82 |
| 8-yr bond | 24.73 | 24.73 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| Gilt Repo | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
ASPI closed up 0.58 percent, or 55.62 points higher, at 9,703.48.
Issue of 180,000 million rupees Treasury Bonds is scheduled on March 13
Revenue on shipbuilding, repairing and heavy engineering segments grew during 2022.
Rupee has strengthened around 15% in the last four sessions.
Business was done as strong as 315 to the US dollar
Turnover was focused on big cap counters based on retail indexes.
Issue of 180,000 million rupees Treasury Bonds is scheduled on March 13
Bonds closed down following a bill auction on Wednesday
Market slowed down by the end of the day as some profit taking coming in mainly in banking sector
Yields across maturities fell
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