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Sri Lanka rupee opens at 329.35/45 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 329.35/45 to the US dollar on Wednesday, dealers said.

November 29, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down Tuesday

Turnover was at 724 million.

November 28, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells Rs45bn in bonds

Post-auction window open

November 28, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes at 329.35/50 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 329.35/50 to the US dollar on Tuesday, from 329.15/30 the previous day, dealers said.

November 28, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka stocks close up driven by capital goods and banks

The S&P SL20 was weighted down largely by John Keells Holdings

Sri Lanka 03-month Treasuries yield rises to 8.72-pct

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lankan Treasury Bills rose at Wednesday’s auction with the 03-month bill yield...

December 28, 2016 1 min read

Japanese investor whose stock purchase was reversed meets PM: report

A Japanese investor whose purchase of shares of Seylan Bank from a state-run lender was reversed had met Prime Minister ...

December 28, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit more than 8-mth closing low; turnover slumps

COLOMBO, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed at their weakest in more than eight months in typical year-end holi...

December 27, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells Rs55bn in bonds below secondary yields

Sri Lanka sold 55.58 billion rupees of 4, 7 and 10-year bonds after calling offers for 57 billion rupees, at yields belo...

December 27, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka needs ‘competitive exchange rate’ to promote exports: Central Bank

Sri Lanka needs to maintain a competitive exchange rate that would promote Sri Lankan exports and not allow an overvalua...

December 23, 2016 15 min read

Sri Lankan shares rise after eight sessions of falls in thin trade

COLOMBO, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares edged up on Friday, snapping eight straight sessions of falls and moving a...

December 23, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares fall for 8th straight session in thin trade

COLOMBO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for an eighth straight session on Thursday, closing at their lowest i...

December 22, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit more than 8-mth closing low led by heavyweights

COLOMBO, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares closed at their lowest in more than eight months in thin trade on Wednesda...

December 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields rise across the board at auction

ECONOMYNEXT – Yields on Sri Lanka Treasury Bills rose across the board at Wednesday’s auction with the 03-...

December 21, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon launches 13.5-pct 5-year debt sale

Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon is offering 5-year publicly traded debt paying 13.25 percent in an 8.0 billion rupe...

December 20, 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
I-m SLIBOR - -
Source: Central Bank/Indicative

Sri Lanka bourse to cancel Seylan share trade

Sri Lanka's Colombo Stock Exchange will consider reversing a 1.3 billion rupee deal involving the sale of stock in a pri...

December 19, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan rupee closes lower

The Sri Lankan rupee closed weaker on Monday on importer dollar demand, as the market braced for declines in the local c...

December 19, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close 0.3-pct lower; Seylan drama draws interest

Sri Lanka's stocks close down 0.3 percent with beverage, bank and property stocks dragging down the markets, amid thin t...

December 19, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka govt to revoke BOC's Seylan sale

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered the reversal of state-owned bank of Ceylon's sale of a stake in the priv...

December 19, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit more than 2-wk closing low led by banks

COLOMBO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for a third straight session on Friday to close at their lowest in mo...

December 16, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan rupee falls as cenbank reference rate hike weighs; stx down

COLOMBO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee fell for a third session on Friday as banks bought the dollar after the...

December 16, 2016 2 min read

Asia struggles for traction, dollar near 14-year peak on Fed rally

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The dollar on Friday stood near a 14-year peak, bond yields were highly elevated and Asian sto...

December 16, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan shares hit more than 2-wk closing low; Fed rate hike weighs

COLOMBO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell in line with regional bourses to close at their lowest in more than t...

December 15, 2016 2 min read

Teejay Lanka ousts Ceylinco Insurance in S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index

ECONOMYNEXT – Teejay Lanka will replace Ceylinco Insurance in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) S&P Sri Lanka 20 i...

December 15, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan rupee weakens as c.bank raises reference rate after Fed move

COLOMBO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Sri Lankan rupee edged lower on Thursday as the central bank raised the spot reference r...

December 15, 2016 2 min read