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Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 323.70/324.00 to the US dollar on Wednesday, dealers said. Bond yields were down
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court gave leave to proceed on a case filed against a presidential pardon given to Gnanasara Thero
If Sri Lanka is to attract high-end tourism, domestic air transportation has to be developed, tourism minister says.
Sri Lanka’s rupee opened at 323.60/75 to the US dollar on Wednesday
"This dramatic turnaround in opinion occurred immediately after the election on 21 September."
Sri Lanka has been eyeing to join BRICS with aim to expand its export market
"From today onwards there will be no such buses in the Kataragama – Colombo route via Galle road."
Auction fully subscribed after weeks
In 2023 there are 7 'long weekends' where Friday or Monday is a holiday.
AASL has spent 225 million rupees to allocate 1900 square meters on the second floor for 31 electronic related shops.
Standard coconut palms less affected
Sri Lanka has over 1.4 million state workers for 22 million population.
Price controls leads to shortage of parent birds
November was slightly better due to a pick-up in tourism, the central bank said.
Retail and insurance counters are active
The market generated a turnover of 1 billion rupees during its first hour of trade.
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Top losers were Expolanka, LOLC, Richard Pieris and Company.
Sri Lanka also plans to set up 111 new police stations.
There are approximately 20,000 IT job openings in the public and private sectors
“Ministry officials to grant loans for the egg producers under a minimum interest rate to reduce production costs."
"These kinds of tragedies occur every other year due to the extreme hot climatic conditions, floods and so on.
"Some of the index heavy counters are dominating today," analysts said.
"The market was pushed up over the news of a potential 10 year debt moratorium," analysts said.
Market has continued to gain for the past four sessions.
India, China deal with crisis-hit Sri Lanka in a way to anger each other
"Market is still being pushed by Expolanka's expansion news, while Lanka IOC is moving on higher valuation."
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