Sri Lankan rupee strengthens, 3-year bond yields rise sharply
August 29, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lankan rupee firmed up against the U.S. dollar Tuesday, while share prices dipped as investors hunted for market leads, …
Bills & Bonds
Treasury bond yields take a leap
August 21, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s borrowing costs shot up Monday, when the Central Bank sold three and four year treasury bonds at higher yields. …
Dollar bonds find favour in Sri Lanka as war jitters hit stocks
August 14 (LBO) – The oversubscription of a dollar bond issue was a reflection of the investor confidence in Sri Lanka government gilts, the …
Sri Lanka looks at reviving sovereign bond issue : CB Governor
Aug 10 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is looking at reviving a sovereign bond issue, which was shelved earlier this year, to raise medium term dollars, Central Bank …
Sri Lanka’s treasury bill rates move up by 5-basis points
August 8, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s borrowing costs moved up on average by 5-basis points, when the Central Bank sold 8.3 billion rupees in treasury …
Sri Lanka sells 3-year bonds at 11.05%
August 7, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank sold three-year treasury bonds at yields of 11.05 percent on Monday, after rejecting all bids at a …
Sri Lanka to raise another US$150 mn bonds in Aug.
July 28, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to raise another 150 million dollars in development bonds next month to bridge the rising budget deficit, though …
Sri Lanka raises Rs. 6 bn via inflation linked bond
June 30, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Friday placed a 6 billion rupee government bond linked to an inflation index, which is expected to …
Sri Lanka’s city development agency to issue a billion rupees in bonds
June 21, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Urban Development Authority (UDA) plans to raise a billion rupees in bonds to finance an office development …
Sri Lanka government issue dollar bond issue at lower rates
June 20 (LBO) – A Sri Lanka government dollar bond issue targeting local investors was oversubscribed Tuesday, allowing the government to roll-over …
Sri Lanka shelves plans for medium-term sovereign bond
June 9, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has shelved plans to raise up to a billion dollars and fall back on smaller tranches, with shorter maturities, a senior …
Sri Lanka’s electronic bonds off to a flying start
June 8, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s new electronic platform which trades government bonds has generated 7.1 billion rupees worth of trades since its …
Government bonds go online in Sri Lanka
June 7, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Wednesday formally launched an electronic trading platform for government bonds, with the aim of broad basing the …
Sri Lanka to raise dollar bonds to shore up reserves this month
June 2, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka plans to tap the international debt market this month to raise 350 million dollars to shore up official reserves, a top …
Sri Lanka to offer US$ 250 mn bonds to market this month
June 2, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will offer the first tranche of a medium term bond issue, worth 200 million dollars to market players later this month, as …
Bond yields rise, on rising inflation; tourism stocks drag Colombo bourse down
May 31, 2006 (LBO) – Stocks in Sri Lanka weakened as investors shied away from tourism related firms fearing a European wide ban on Tamil Tiger rebels …
Bond yields rise, ahead of military unrest
May 30, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s bond market lost ground on Tuesday and continued to rise stealthily at this week’s auction, as the military …
Sri Lanka launches an electronic trading platform for government bonds
May 24, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka Wednesday launched an electronic trading platform for government bonds, which will set the tone for a more vibrant debt …
Central Bank rejects 3-year bond auction again
May 23 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank, Tuesday rejected all bids sent in for the three-year bond auction for the second successive week, …
Central Bank rejects 3-year bond auction
May 16, 2006 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Tuesday rejected all bids sent in for the three-year bond auction, but did not give any reason. The …