Category: Economy and Markets
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields steady
Dec 22, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasury bill yields across all tenors remained steady at Wednesday’s auction with the government rolling over nine billion rupees worth of maturing bonds, the debt office said. The debt office said it accepted 9,165 million rupees from the auction. The yield on three-months bills stayed flat at 7. […]
Sri Lanka to get cheaper World Bank credit for several years
Dec 22, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka would get cheap World Bank credit for at least three years, while the country re-builds infrastructure after a 30-year war and moves toward becoming a borrower at near-commercial rates, managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said. “You have the peace dividend. You have ended the conflict. With inclusive growth, where […]
Sri Lanka stocks end up 0.28-pct
Dec 21, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks ended slightly higher Tuesday with heavy trading and gains in poultry firms amind rising demand and prices for chicken following an influx of tourists, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 6,378.91, up 0.28 percent (18.07 points) while the more liquid Milanka index fell 0. […]
Sri Lanka shares end up 0.28-pct
Dec 21, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks ended slightly higher Tuesday with heavy trading and gains in poultry firms amid rising demand and prices for chicken following an influx of tourists, brokers said. Brokers said non-voting shares of liquid petroleum distributor Laugfs Gas were the most actively traded for the day, closing at 17 […]
Sri Lanka has good economic prospects, if deficits are cut: World Bank
Dec 19, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has good growth prospects if deficit spending can be reduced allowing the economy to be stable, and can also expect more financing from World Bank as the island emerges from a conflict, an official said. The US Federal Reserve devalued its currency against gold in 1933 setting the […]
Sri Lanka to get funding from higher cost window: World Bank
Dec 18, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has qualified to get loans from a higher cost window of the World Bank amid rising incomes, which will double access to annual funds, managing director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said. Sri Lanka also now has access to capital markets. Countries with access to capital markets and which are deemed […]
Sri Lanka stocks close flat
Dec 17, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks closed flat Friday, with trading seen in the farming sector stocks, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed flat at 6,360. 84 while the Milanka index of liquid stocks rose 0.18 percent (12.30 points) to close at 6,834.07, according to Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) provisional figures. […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.2-pct
Dec 15, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed down 0. 21 percent Thursday, with a dull day of trading in the market, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 6,360. 34, down 0.21 percent (13.42 points) while the Milanka index of liquid stocks dipped 0. 17 percent (11.58 points) to close at […]
Sri Lanka to issue Rs5,000 note
Dec 16, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s central bank plans to print and issue a 5,000-rupee note from next February, deputy governor K G G D Dheerasinghe said. The bank will stop printing a 2,000-rupee note when the new 5,000-rupee note enters money circulation to coincide with its 60th anniversary. The 2,000-rupee note was considered […]
Sri Lanka economy expands 8.0-pct in 3Q, 2010: Statistics office
Dec 16, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s economy has expanded 8. 0 percent in the third quarter of 2010 from a year earlier, compared to an 8.5 percent growth in the second quarter, the government’s statistics office said. The services sectors 8.0 percent growth (up from 5.1 percent last year) came with hotels and restaurants […]
Sri Lanka stocks close down 0.2-pct
Dec 15, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lankan stocks closed down 0.19 percent Wednesday, dragged down by banking and index heavy stocks while shares of a gas distributor which debuted last week fell to their issue price, brokers said. The All Share Price Index closed at 6,373.76, down 0.19 percent (11.84 points) while the Milanka index […]
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields ease
Dec 15, 2010 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s three-month and six-month Treasury bill yields fell slightly at Wednesday’s auction with the government rolling over 10,883 million rupees worth of bonds, the debt office said. The debt office said the auction for the re-issue of 11,000 million rupees of maturing Treasury bills was oversubscribed with bids amounting […]