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Sri Lanka’s rupee opens at 327.30/60 to the US dollar, bond yields up

Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 327.30/60 to the US dollar on Wednesday, dealers said.

October 25, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka's stocks open on a mixed note before trending down

Sri Lanka’s stock indices opened on a mixed note on Wednesday morning, before turning negative.

October 25, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s rupee closes at 327.40/60 to the US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 327.40/60 to the US dollar on Tuesday, dealers said. Bond yields were stable.

October 24, 2023 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down as investors standby for budget

A lot of people want to wait for the budget. So there may be lesser buying in the market

October 24, 2023 1 min read
Sri Lanka stocks surge at open, bonds steady amid 'secondary' Trump tariff talk

Bond markets were awaiting direction with Trump tariff uncertainty

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker, bonds steady

Bond yields were broadly steady, dealers said.

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
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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 long tenor bonds yields up

Sri Lanka's long tenor government bond yields rose Monday amid heavy selling by one gilt dealership, market participants...

July 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka’s Sierra Cables gets Fitch 'BB+(lka)' rating

ECONOMYNEXT - Fitch Ratings said it has given Sri Lankan cable manufacturer Sierra Cables PLC a National Long-Term Ratin...

July 4, 2016 4 min read

Sri Lanka new CB Governor Coomaraswamy resigns from John Keells

Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lanka's newly appointed governor of the central bank has resigned his board seat on listed Jo...

July 4, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lankan shares snap nine sessions of falls on bargain hunting

COLOMBO, July 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares rose for the first time in 10 sessions on Friday as investors bought beate...

July 1, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka repays US$700mn Reserve Bank of India swap in June

Sri Lanka' had repaid a 700 million US dollar swap with the Reserve Bank of India in June, the Central Bank said.

July 1, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka starts selling US$500mn syndicated loan: report

Sri Lanka has started marketing a 300 million 3-year syndicated loan, with an option to go up to 500 million, a media re...

July 1, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells Rs36bn 3,5 and 9 year bonds

Sri Lanka has sold 36 billion rupees of 3,5 and 9-year bonds at an auction Thursday, after offering 34 billion rupees of...

June 30, 2016 1 min read

Sri Lanka shares fall for 9th session; capital gains tax weighs

COLOMBO, June 30 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares ended lower for the ninth straight session on Thursday as comments from a...

June 30, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lankan rupee 1-wk forwards rise on bank dollar sales; stocks up

Sri Lankan rupee one-week forwards rose on Thursday as a state-run bank sold dollars after the central bank intervened t...

June 30, 2016 2 min read

Sri Lanka shares end down on capital gains tax jitters

COLOMBO, June 29 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan shares fell for an eighth straight session on Wednesday as sentiment continued t...

June 29, 2016 2 min read