Category: Bills & Bonds

Nov 08, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries rose on longer maturities at Wednesday’s auction with the 12 month yield rising 09 basis points to 12.65 percent from a week earlier, data from the state debt office showed, while the rupee weakened. The 6-month yield rose 05 basis points to 12.02 percent. The 3-month yield […]

Nov 06, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Bank of Ceylon is offering 5-year bonds with a fixed rate of up to 16.0 percent a year and a floating rate based on a premium to the six month Treasury bill yield, an offer document said. The securities have been rated AA(lka) by Fitch, a notch […]

Oct 31, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields rose across maturities at Wednesday’s auction with the 12-month yield rising as much as 08 basis points to 12. 56 percent, data from the state debt office showed. The debt office which is a unit of the Central Bank has in the past printed money and […]

Oct 24, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields rose for 6 and 12 month maturities with bids for three months securities being rejected at Wednesday’s auction, data from the state debt office showed, while the rupee weakened. The 6-month yield rose 07 basis points to 11.90 percent, and the 12-month yield rose 11 basis […]

Oct 17, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields edged up slightly at Wednesday’s auction with the 12 month yield rising 07 basis points to 12. 39 percent, data from the state debt office showed. The 03 month yield rose 03basis points to 10. 66 percent and 06-month yield rose 06 basis points to 11. […]

Oct 10, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond rates have risen by 40 to 50 basis points over two days almost ending an inversion of the yield curve where short term Treasuries yielded higher than longer term gilts. But expectations of lower inflation in the future, which can shift more short term money to the […]

Oct 10, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yield fell at Wednesday’s auction with the 3-month yield falling as much as 37 basis points, data from the state debt office showed. The 6-month yield fell 33 basis points to 11.77 percent and the 12-month yield fell 19 basis points to 12. 48 percent. The debt […]

Oct 03, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields fell across maturities at Wednesday’s auction with the 12-month yield falling the most by 54 basis points to 12. 48 percent, data released by the state debt office showed. The state offered 10 billion rupees in maturing debt and accepted 13.0 billion rupees from the market. […]

Oct 01, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Sampath Bank is selling 16. 5 percent 5-year public listed bonds to boost its regulatory capital with a floating rate and monthly interest paying alternatives also available. The bond will be subordinated to deposits, meaning they will rank lower in repayments in case of liquidation. According to a […]

Sept 27, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields plunged across maturities with the 6-month yield falling as much as 34 basis points at Wednesday’s auction a week after longer term bonds fell in the secondary market. The 3-month yield fell 11 basis points to 11. 30 percent, the 6-month yield fell 34 basis points […]

Sept 24, 2015 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s government bond yields picked up on longer tenors Monday after active trading on Friday saw some of the biggest one day falls in recent history, while the rupee opened stronger against the dollar dealers said. A 2-year bond maturing on 01.04.2014 was quoted at 13.17/25 percent, about Friday’s […]

Sept 22, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond yields plunged across maturities Friday in one of the biggest intra-day day falls seeen in recent years, before profit taking pushed yields back up somewhat, dealers said. An 18-month bond maturing on 01.04.2014 opened at 3.45/50 percent and dropped as low as 12.90/13.00 percent before closing at […]