Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka 30-year bond sold at 12.5-pct
May 30, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s maiden 30-year rupee denominated long bond was sold to yield 12.5 percent at an auction Thursday, the state debt office said.. The debt office which is a unit of the Central Bank offered 2.0 billion rupees of 30 year bonds maturing on June 01, 2043 with a coupon […]
Sri Lanka to sell 30-year long bonds
May 29, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is selling 30-year long bonds for the first time this week which fill a need for long term gilts, help better manage the state debt stock and extend a risk free yield curve, officials said.We think it is a good time,” Central Bank Nivard Cabraal said. “There will […]
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields steady
May 29, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields were steady at Wednesday’s auction with the 3-month yield down 02 basis points to 8.73 percent and other maturities flat, data from the state debt office showed.The 6-month yield was flat at 9.90 percent and the 12-month yield was 10.86 percent. The debt office, which is […]
Sri Lanka stocks close up 0.3-pct
May 29, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stock closed up 0.33 percent on Wednesday ending two days of losses helped by renewed interest in banks and beverage shares, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Index closed 21.11 points higher at 6,455.81 and the S&P SL 20 Index closed up 17.68 points at 3,644.64 up […]
Korea business delegation visiting Sri Lanka in June
May 27, 2013 (LBO) – A business delegation from Korea will be visiting Sri Lanka in June to meet partners in Sri Lanka, the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce said.The delegation is interested in meeting businesses in liquor, ship maintenance and conversion, steel, tourism, vehicle components, housing and construction, the chamber said. The delegation which will […]
Sri Lanka President promised more funding by China Exim Bank
May 28, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa had been promised more funding by head of the Export Import of Bank of China, Li Ruogu during talks in Beijing, his office in Colombo said. President Rajapaksa is on a four day visit to Beijing. The Exim Bank chief will extend support for road […]
Sri Lanka and China to negotiate free trade deal, expressway funding
May 28, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka and China will negotiate a free trade deal and Chinese support has been pledged for a planned expressway to the north of the island following a state visit by President Rajapaksa to Beijing.During bilateral meetings, agreement had been reached to set up two committees that will work towards […]
Sri Lanka Senkadagala Finance debentures allotted
May 28, 2013 (LBO) – Subscribers to debentures of Sri Lanka’s Senkadagala Finance Plc, rated BBB+(lka) by Fitch will get up to 180,000 the entire amount asked for, in either fixed or floating rate securities. The firm offered to sell 500 million rupees of debt, upsized to a billion rupees if oversubscribed, and offer closed […]
‘s Softlogic Finance raises Rs500mn in debt
May 28, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Softlogic said it had raised 500 million rupees in two year funds by selling securitized debt.The firm said commercial banks, development banks and institutional investors had subscribed to the issue, arranged by Liege Capital with Deutsche Bank as trustee and Nithya Partners as lawyers. The funds raised by […]
Sri Lanka not revealing fiscal data according to law: legislator
May 27, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka current administration is breaking the law in withholding information that should be filed in parliament under a fiscal responsibility law, which should be corrected from this year, a legislator has said.In the first three months of the year state and SOE borrowings from the banking system rose to […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.6 pct
May 27, 2013 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s stock closed down 0.65 percent on Monday with profit taking by retail investors, brokers said. The benchmark Colombo All Share Index closed 42. 31 points lower at 6,446.54 and the S&P SL 20 Index closed down 24.13 points at 3,641.91 down 0.06 percent. Turnover was 696 million rupees, […]
Sri Lanka post-war growth shift smaller
May 27, 2013 (LBO) – A post-war growth spurt is temporary and there was no ‘structural shift’ to eight percent a year from six, needing policy changes, an economist said, echoing a call by the International Monetary Fund to improve policy. Harsha De Silva, who is also a legislator for the opposition said while there […]