ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka Treasury bonds and bill yields closed lower dealers said with central bank also pumping money through term repo auctions.
On January 11 the central bank injected 90 billion rupees to banks which were short of liquidity.
A bond maturing on 01.05.2024 closed at 31.30/75 percent on Wednesday, down from 32.00/10 at the Tuesday’s close.
The bond maturing on 15.01.2025 closed at 30.80/31.00 percent, down from 31.00/10 percent.
A bond maturing on 15.05.2026 closed at 30.30/60 percent, steady from 30.30/65 percent.
Three-months T-bill closed at 29.00/30 percent on Wednesday, down from 30.00/30 percent.
At the weekly Treasury bill auction 3-month yield fell 86 basis points from the previous auction selling 50 billion rupees.
Twenty billion rupees worth of 6-month bills were sold at 31.37 percent, down 65 basis points from the last auction yield.
All 18 billion rupees worth of 12-month bills were sold at 29.04 percent, down 12 basis points.
The Central Bank’s guidance peg for interbank US dollar transactions remained unchanged at 362.24 rupees against the US dollar.
Commercial banks offered dollars for telegraphic transfers at 360.06 rupees on Wednesday, data showed. (Colombo/Jan 11/2022)