Sri Lanka’s 01-yr Treasury yield down to 8.97-pct
Wednesday September 5, 2018
15:41
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Treasury Bill yields eased further at an auction Wednesday with the 12-month bill yield down two percentage points to 8.97 percent, data from the state debt office showed.
The debt office, a unit of the central bank, accepted 07 billion rupees of 12-month bills, the same amount offered, having received bids worth 21 billion rupees.
The 3-month bill yield fell 03 basis points to 8.00 percent, with 4.0 billion rupees of bills, sold, the same amount offered.
Six-month bills were not offered.
(COLOMBO, 05 September, 2018)