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Choudary Group completes acquisition of Sri Lanka's Union Bank

we want to also look at the possibility of Union Bank's expansion to markets such as Africa, Nepal and Bhutan

October 25, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka stocks take a dip as budget worries loom

Apprehension about upcoming budget sees sellers but no takers

October 25, 2023 2 min read

Sri Lanka's rupee closes at 326.50/327.00 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 326.50/327.00 to the US dollar on Wednesday, dealers said. Bond yields were up

October 25, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka 3-month bill auction yield down 20bp

A total of 135 billion rupees of bills were sold and 116.5 billion was sold

October 25, 2023 1 min read

Most demand for 10-year Sri Lanka sovereign bonds from US

Demand for 10-year Sri Lanka sovereign bonds came most from US based investors, while Europeans led the subscriptions fo...

July 12, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells US$1.5bn in 5 and 10 year sovereign bonds

Sri Lanka priced its first dual-tranche sovereign bond after orders hit around $6.6 billion, more than four times the $1...

July 12, 2016 3 min read

Sri Lankan shares post over 2-wk closing high on foreign buying

COLOMBO, July 11 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose for a fourth straight session on Monday and posted their highest clo...

July 11, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka 5-year bond price guidance 5.8-pct, 10-year 6.875-pct

The price guidance for a 5-year sovereign bond has been narrowed to 5.8 percent and 6.785 percent for a 10-year bond, a ...

July 11, 2016 1 min read

Moody's gives (P)B1 rating to Sri Lanka's global bond offering

ECONOMYNEXT – Moody's Investors Service said it has assigned a provisional rating of (P)B1 to the Sri Lankan gove...

July 11, 2016 2 min read

Bond yields slightly down, Sri Lanka rupee steady

Sri Lanka's bond yields eased Monday and the rupee was steady in forex markets, dealers said, as a sovereign bond was la...

July 11, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka launches sovereign bond

Sri Lanka has launched a sovereign bonds seeking 5 and 10 year funds with Citi, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Standard Charter...

July 11, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka not trying to stifle tourism start ups: minister

Sri Lanka is not trying to stifle the smaller start up hotels and apartments at the behest of large operators who cannot...

July 9, 2016 4 min read

ADB says supports Sri Lanka capital market development

ECONOMYNEXT – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will focus on capital market development in Sri Lanka to complemen...

July 9, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares post 2-wk closing high on foreign buying

COLOMBO, July 8 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose for a third straight session on Friday and posted their highest close...

July 8, 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 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

Sri Lankan shares post over 1-wk closing high on foreign buying

COLOMBO, July 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose for a second straight session on Thursday and posted their highest cl...

July 7, 2016 1 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 Lankan shares recover on bargain-hunting

COLOMBO, July 5 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose on Tuesday, recovering from a near three-month closing low hit in the...

July 5, 2016 1 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

Unit Trust Association of Sri Lanka elects new office bearers

Ruwan Perera, Chief Operating Officer of NDB Wealth Management Limited was elected as the new President of the Unit Trus...

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 Lankan shares post near 3-mth closing low on policy uncertainties

COLOMBO, July 4 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for a 10th session in 11 and posted their lowest close in nearly thre...

July 4, 2016 2 min read