Category: Bills & Bonds

July 28, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields slipped between 02 to 09 basis points at Wednesday’s auction, despite the government raising fresh money, the debt office said. The debt office sold 1.624 billion rupees in 3-month bills, 5.325 billion in 6-month bills and 6.560 billion rupees in 12-month bills. The 3-month yield […]

July 27, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s 5-year bond yields slipped 28 basis points to 9.62 percent and 6-year bonds fell 22 basis points to 9.68 percent on Tuesday from an auction on July 15, results released by the government debt office showed. Four year bonds (01-04.2014) were traded around 9.48 and closed at closed […]

July 22, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will sell a billion dollar sovereign bond this year to settle more expensive short term foreign loans, media minister and cabinet spokesman Keheliya Rambukwelle said. “The cabinet approval has been given to issue a sovereign bond of one billion dollars,” Rambukwelle said. “We have taken short term loans […]

July 14, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond prices will be made more transparent and a sovereign yield curve for the country is being developed with the country’s central bank Bloomberg, an international financial news and information provider said. The yield curve has become more market driven of late though some state-centric incestuous practices such […]

July 14, 2010 (LBO ) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields fell Wednesday in the wake of a 25 basis point rate cut the previous Friday, according to auction results released by the government’s debt office. The 3-month yield fell 9 basis points to 7.98 percent, the 6-month yield fell 21 basis points to 8. 75 […]

July 08, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were steady at this week’s auction with the 3-month yield flat at 8. 07 percent, the 06 month climbing 03 basis points to 8. 96 and the 12-month yield flat at 9.29 percent, the government’s debt office said. The debt office, which is a unit […]

June 23, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields rose at Tuesday’s auction, with the government selling more than the maturing volume to raise new money, the government’s debt office said. The debt office sold 2.177 billion rupees in 3-month bills, 4. 5 billion in 6-month bills and 4. 611 billion rupees in 12-month […]

June 21, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has sold 278 million US dollars in two and three year bonds at prices over 380 basis points above the 6-month London Interbank Offered Rate, rolling over 275 million US dollars of maturing debt. The government’s debt office said it sold 102 million US dollars of 3-year bonds […]

June 15, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s state-run Bank of Ceylon said it was keeping a debenture issue open for more applications after applications topped an initial target of 3.0 billion rupees. A floating rate bond was priced 0.75 percent above the gross 6-month Treasury bill yield. The bank said its listed 5-year debenture issue […]

June 09, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were steady at Wednesday’s auction, with the government selling more than the maturing volume to raise new money, the government’s debt office said. The debt office sold 1.7 billion rupees in 3-month bills, 4. 7 billion in 6-month bills and 3.9 billion rupees in 12-month […]

June 02, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields were steady at this week’s auction with the 3-month yield edging 02 basis points lower to 8. 08 percent and the 12-month yield flat at 9. 26 percent, the government’s debt office said. The six month yield edged 01 basis point lower, to 8. 90 […]

May 19, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were steady at Wednesday’s auction though the 3-month yield fell 05 basis points to 8. 13 percent, the government’s debt office said. The 6-month yield was flat at 8. 88 percent and the 12-month yield was also flat at 9.23 percent, the debt office which is […]