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Older bonds were inactive as market took stock of a spike in a two year bond
2025 bond yield gap makes the bond more attractive than 1 year bills
Many trade unions are up in the arm against tax hike
2027 auction more successful
"This can be a signal to the market saying the rates will go down in the future."
Three months down 100 basis points
Delay in IMF continous to dents market sentiments
Central Bank’s guidance peg for interbank US dollar transactions remained unchanged at 362.24 rupees
"Market boosted by the speculation on India likely to support Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring plan"
Central Bank’s guidance peg for interbank US dollar transactions remained unchanged at 362.24
Expolanka is driving the market
All districts record decline in crop intake
IMF board approval for Sri Lanka’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) delayed as negotations with bilateral creditors drag o...
Central Bank’s guidance peg for interbank US dollar transactions remained unchanged at 362.24 rupees
"Debt restructuring could be pushed back to end-2023 due to delays in the IMF programme," a statement said.
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 371.7127 | 371.6601 |
| UK Pound | 453.5962 | 453.9794 |
| Euro | 396.3156 | 396.4763 |
| Aus Dollar | 250.1862 | 251.1981 |
| Yen | 2.8251 | 2.7549 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 4.3961 | 4.3963 |
| Korea Won | 0.2820 | 0.2791 |
| Oman Rial | 943.2237 | 943.2268 |
| Saudi Riyal | 96.7270 | 96.7115 |
| UAE Dirham | 98.8729 | 98.8786 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 2,653.84 | -1.51% |
| CSE All Share | 8,420.26 | -1.04% |
| Turnover Rs million | 4,621,153,484 | 2,824,714,520 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 31.03 | 31.03 |
| 6-m bill | 29.57 | 29.60 |
| 12-m bill | 28.41 | 28.41 |
| 5-yr bond | 27.49 | 27.57 |
| 8-yr bond | 27.44 | 27.23 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| Gilt Repo | 15.50 | 15.50 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Central Bank’s guidance peg for interbank US dollar transactions remained unchanged at 362.24 rupees
Investors on wait and see approach ahead of the earnings report
The stock market fell 30.6 pct in 2022 compared to the previous year, but saw record high foreign inflows
A wait and watch approach is taking on in the market waiting for earnings of companies, analysts said.
Central Bank’s guidance peg for interbank US dollar transactions remained unchanged at 362.24 rupees
On January 11 the central bank injected 90 billion rupees to banks which were short of liquidity.
"investor confidence slightly improved over the expectation of an economic recovery from 2H2023"
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