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Sri Lanka Treasury bill yields fall across maturities, 3-months 8.62-pct

All offered bills were sold

May 29, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down after Commercial Bank capital call

"There was significant selling pressure on the bank's shares which trickled to other banking stocks too,"

May 29, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka's Combank stock slides after capital call

The bank made a capital call from shareholders of 22 billion rupees

May 29, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 301.00/20 to US dollar

Bond yields broadly steady.

May 29, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka suffers over $138mn foreign outflow from govt bonds in 2024 after rate cuts

Rupee has appreciated 9.1% in first 4 month, one-year T-bill yield has fallen 336 basis points so far in 2024

May 18, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes stronger at 299.70/80 to US dollar

Bond yields were up

May 17, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down, banks steady

Dipped Products Plc saw investor interest (Rs115mn) and the share closed up at 33.50.

May 17, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Bimputh Finance changes name

Decided to change the company name as Bimputh Lanka Investments PLC

May 17, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 299.90/300.10 to US dollar

Bond yields were steady.

May 17, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes stronger at 300.70/90 to US dollar

Bond yields were up.

May 16, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down, interest in JKH

Turnover was down at 1.4 billion. This was its lowest since April 22.

May 16, 2024 1 min read

Some individuals making claims to cause stock market downturn: President

"When they made this type of statements the stock market will face a down turn on the following day."

May 16, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens stronger at 301.75/302.50 to US dollar

Bond yields were up

May 16, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka T-bill yields down across maturities

Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields fell across maturities at Wednesday’s auction, data from the state debt office show...

May 15, 2024 1 min read
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Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker at 302.00/40 to US dollar

Bond yields were down.

May 15, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down, selling pressure on banks

"Market was a bit volatile today, and there was some profit-taking seen,"

May 15, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens weaker at 301.50/302.50 to US dollar

Bond yields were down.

May 15, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes weaker at 301/302.00 to US dollar

Bond yields were down.

May 14, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down, driven by political uncertainty

Turnover was 3.3 billion.

May 14, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka cigarette taxes down amid legal sales fall in 2024 March quarter

Turnover linked taxes fell to 31.7 billion rupees from 34.2 billion rupees

May 14, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens weaker at 300.50/301.00 to US dollar

Bond yields were down, dealers said.

May 14, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka sells Rs70bn in 2028 to 2032 bonds

Sri Lanka has sold 70 billion rupees in 2028, 2030 and 2032 bonds, data from the state debt office showed.

May 13, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes flat at 299.00/30 to US dollar

Sri Lanka’s rupee closed flat at 299.00/30 to the US dollar on Monday, dealers said. Bond yields were down.

May 13, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down, turnover drops to 1.7bn

Turnover was the lowest in two weeks at 1.7 billion. The capital goods sector brought in most

May 13, 2024 1 min read