Category: Bills & Bonds

Feb 08, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond yields were up about 10 basis points Wednesday from the last working day on Monday, with quotes becoming slightly wider and the spot dollar unchanged, dealers said. A 2-year bond maturing on 01.03.14 was quoted around 10.60/70 percent up about 10.50 levels Monday. A 3-year 15.03.15 bond […]

Feb 06, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields increased more than 50 basis points across maturities following at Monday’s auction held two days earlier due a holiday in the week, results published by the state debt office showed. The 3-month yield increased 56 basis points to 9. 24 percent, the 6-month yield rose 55 […]

Feb 01, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields remained flat across maturities for the sixth week at Wednesday’s auction with 9,751 million rupees of bills being sold, the state debt office said. The 3-month yield edged up one basis point to 8.68 percent with 4.6 billion rupees of bills sold and the 6-month month […]

Jan 30, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has sold 10-year bonds to yield 10. 25 percent and 20-year bonds to yield 11. 0 percent at an auction Monday, the state debt office said. The debt office said 1,000 million rupees of 2022 bonds and 1,026 million rupees of 2032 bonds were sold. Dealers said a […]

Jan 25, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were flat across maturities at Wednesday’s auction with 14.3 billion rupees of bills being sold, the state debt office said. The 3-month yield was flat at 8.67 percent with 8.6 billion rupees of bills sold and the 6-month month yield was flat at 8. 71 percent […]

Jan 19, 2012 (LBO) – Yields on Sri Lankan Treasury Bills remained mostly flat at Wednesday’s auction for the fourth consecutive week, with 12,693 million rupees of bills sold, the state debt office said. The 3-month yield fell one basis point to 8.67 while the 6-month yield stayed at 8. 71 percent and the 12-month […]

Jan 18, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s NDB AVIVA Wealth Management is working with India’s CRISIL rating and research agency to create indices to measure the performance of fixed income securities in the island. Experts from CRISIL, a subsidiary of Standard and Poor’s, have already analyzed data from the Sri Lanka’s government security market and […]

Jan 11, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were flat for the third week running, with the 3-month yield at 8.68 percent at Wednesday’s auction with 14. 7 billion rupees of bills sold, the state debt office said. The 6-month yield was at 8.71 percent and the 12-month yield was 9. 31 percent. […]

Jan 09, 2012 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond yield held below 10 percent for two to four years bonds ahead of a 50 billion tranche of long term government securities maturing on January 15, dealers said. A 01 March 2014 was quoted around 9.30/40 percent, a July 15, 2015 bond was quoted around 9.40/47 and […]

Jan 04, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were flat across maturities at Wednesday’s auction the state debt office said, while bond yields fell in the secondary market, dealers said. On Tuesday, Sri Lanka’s central bank unveiled an annual monetary policy roadmap promising to keep inflation at between 5 and 6 percent in 2012. […]

Dec 28, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields edged higher at Wednesday’s auction, data from the state debt office showed. The 3-month Treasury bill yield increased 10 basis points to 8.68 percent while the six-month bills went for 8. 71 percent after bid were rejected last week. The 12-month yield increased 10 basis points […]

Dec 21, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields edged higher amid rejections of market bids at Wednesday’s auction, data from the state debt office showed, as the Central Bank’s own portfolio of bills continued to go up. The 3-month Treasury bill yield increased 15 basis points to 8.58 percent and the 12-month yield increased […]