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Reyaz Mihular chairman of Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations

Mihular, a chartered accountant, appointed chairman, succeeding Sunil G Wijesinha who held the position for 12 years

May 30, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens lower at 301.60/75 to US dollar

Bond yields were steady.

May 30, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence Plantation Managements to delist from CSE

The exit offer price is 240 rupees per share

May 29, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes broadly flat at 301.60/302.00 to US dollar

Bond yields were down.

May 29, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close up, interest in banks and bluechips return

Turnover was 1.4 billion.

May 22, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens broadly stable at 299.70/80 to US dollar

Bond yields were down.

May 22, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka's JKH net up 123-pct in Dec quarter amid lower inflation

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May 22, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes slightly stronger at 299.80/95 to US dollar

Bond yields were down.

May 21, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka Treasuries yields down, 3-months 8.76-pct

Treasuries yields down across maturities

May 21, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down, John Keells sees interest

Turnover was 1.3 billion. Capital goods brought in most of this.

May 21, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens broadly stable at 299.65/85 to US dollar

Bond yields were up.

May 21, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka rupee closes slightly stronger at 299.60/75 to US dollar

Bond yields were up.

May 20, 2024 1 min read

Sri Lanka stocks close down, bluechips hold value

"This is mainly because the earnings that are being posted are very good."

May 20, 2024 2 min read

Sri Lanka rupee opens slightly stronger at 299.40/70 to US dollar

Bond yields were marginally down.

May 20, 2024 1 min read
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US Dollar 305.1018 305.3339
UK Pound 386.9523 387.2371
Euro 330.8712 332.1141
Aus Dollar 201.0018 201.4980
Yen 2.0266 2.0278
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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Indian Rupee 3.6453 3.5932
Korea Won 0.2342 0.2292
Oman Rial 780.3569 769.4973
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S&P SL20 2,573.80 1.00%
CSE All Share 9,073.41 0.65%
Turnover Rs million 1,591,766,524.95 1,029,335,694.32
Source: CSE
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3-m bill 21.72 21.79
6-m bill 19.55 20.31
12-m bill 17.72 19.28
5-yr bond 21.00 22.53
8-yr bond 19.42 20.55
Source: Central Bank/Indicative
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Overnight Money 13.93 14.00
Gilt Repo 13.50 14.00
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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