Category: Bills & Bonds

Oct 25, 2011 (LBO) – Yields on Sri Lankan treasury bills rose across maturities for the second straight week with only 5. 7 billion rupees of bids being accepted from the market after an offer to sell 12 billion rupees in maturing bills. The 03-month yield rose 05 basis points to 7.29 percent, the 6-month […]

Oct 19, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields moved up across maturities at Wednesday’s auction with only 6. 8 billion rupees of bids being accepted from the market following an offer to sell 12. 0 billion rupees in bills. Sri Lanka’s interest rates have been moving up amid defence of a dollar peg and […]

Oct 12, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yield were flat at Wednesday’s auction though only bids of 48 percent of the volume offered were accepted from the market, data released by the state debt office showed. Sri Lanka’s rupee had been under pressure in recent months and the Central Bank has increased its Treasuries […]

Oct 05, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields rose across maturities with the 3-month yield moving 06 basis points to 7.21 percent with the state debt office only accepting bid for 76 percent of the offered volume. The 6-month yield rose 04 basis points to 7.27 percent and the 12-month yield rose 03 basis […]

Sept 30, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond markets closed unchanged despite 12-month inflation falling to 6.4 percent from 7.0 percent a month earlier, as liquidity tightened amid defence of a dollar peg, dealers said. A widely traded bond maturing in 2015 was quoted at 8.69/72 percent Friday and 2016s were quoted at 8.80/84 percent, […]

Sept 28, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields edged up one basis points across maturities with the 3-month yield moving to 7. 15 percent, data from the state debt office showed. The 6-month yield moved one basis points to 7. 23 percent and the 12-month yield moved to 7. 31 percent. The debt […]

Sept 26, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond yields ended lower after seeing unusual volatility dealers said, while the rupee continued to be defended at 110.30 to the dollar in the spot market, dealers said. Sri Lanka’s interest rates have started to move after sustained defence of a dollar peg reduced excess liquidity in money […]

Sept 23, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond yields edged up over the week with liquidity in interbank markets tightening, and the yield on a 2016 bond fell back after breaching 9. 0 percent, dealers said. Partially expired bonds were slightly higher. Dealers say there is usually an arbitraged gap between bills and partially expired […]

Sept 21, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields edged up across maturities and Wednesday’s auction, with the 3-month yield up 3 basis points to 7. 14 percent, data from the state debt office showed. On Wednesday authorities weakened the peg 10 cents to 110. 20 rupees in the spot market. The 6-month yield […]

Sept 14, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were steady at Wednesday’s auction with the 3-month yield flat at 7. 11 percent data from the state debt office showed. The 6-month yield edged up one basis point to 7. 20 percnet and the 12-month yield rose one basis point to 7.26 percent. The debt […]

Aug 24, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were held flat across maturities with only 64 percent of the offer sold to real bidders at Wednesday’s auction, according to data released by the government’s debt office. In bond markets, a 2015 bond which rose as high at 8.60 percent earlier in the week […]

Aug 17, 2011 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were flat at Wednesday’s auction with 3-month bills yields 7.11 percent at Wednesday’s auction, the government’s debt office said. The 6-month yield was flat at 7.19 percent and 12-month yield was 7.25 percent. The government said it had sold 3.5 billion rupees in 3-month bills, […]