Category: Bills & Bonds

July 30, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s 15-year bond yield fall at auction by 11 basis points to 12.10 percent from the last auction while the a 30-year bond was unchanged at 12.50 percent, data from the state debt office showed. A large volume of 79 billion rupees in bonds matures on August 01. Sri […]

July 24, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state debt office has rejected offers for three and 6 month bills at Wednesday’s auction accepting only tenders only for 12 month bills.Sri Lanka’s rupee has fallen around four rupees in recent weeks under pressure from excess rupee liquidity and a policy of the monetary authority not to […]

July 17, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s 12- Treasuries yield fell 05 basis points to 10.59 percent at Wednesday’s auction, though the 3-month yield was flat, data from the state debt office showed. The 6-month yield fell 02 basis points to 9.66 percent and the 3-month yield was flat at 8.63 percent. The debt office […]

July 10, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields edged 02 basis points across maturities with the 12-month yield falling to 10.64 percent at Wednesday’s auction, the state debt office said.The 3-month yield also fell 02 basis points to 8.63 percent and the 6-month yield fell 02 basis points to 9.68 percent, the state debt […]

July 03, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were steady at Wednesday’s auction with only the 3-month yield easing one basis point to 8.65 percent, data from the state debt office showed.The 6-month yield was flat at 9.70 percent and the 12-month yield was also flat at 10.66 percent. The debt office said 579 […]

June 26, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields fell at Wednesday’s auction with the 12-month yield falling as much as 19 basis points to 10.66 percent, after a reserve ratio cut by the Central Bank. The debt office, which is a unit of the Central Bank said the 6-month yield fell 10 basis points […]

June 24, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka had sold 90 million US dollars of 3-year bonds at premium of 400 basis points above the London Interbank offered Rate and 164 million US dollars of 5-year bonds at 415 basis points above Libor, the state debt office said.In March 2013 Sri Lanka also sold 3-year bonds […]

June 24, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Telecom said it had added doorstep bill collection service to their existing network of 3,000 payment points, made up of bank branches and supermarkets, making it easier to settle bills. Under a deal inked with HDFC Bank, a mortgage lender, SLT will use its 300-strong mobile collections team […]

June 24, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond yields spiked further Monday as some foreign investors sought to shorten the maturity of their positions, dealers said but there were no significant outflows, officials said.The yield on a popular 5-year bond maturing on 2018 spiked to as much as 11.70 percent, from Friday’s 11.48 levels, before […]

June 21, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka rupee was quoted below 129.00 to the US dollar in the spot market Friday while bond yields were also elevated, dealers said.The rupee opened at 128.40/60 levels against the US dollar and weakened in mid-day trade.Dealers say there were higher levels of forward covering in the market including […]

June 19, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were kept flat at Wednesday’s auction with 10.75 billion rupees in bid accepted after offering 12.0 billion for rollover, data from the state debt office showed.The spot US dollar was trading at 128.50/55 in afternoon trade Wednesday, dealers said around the same levels at Tuesday’s closing […]