Sri Lankan rupee edges down on importer dollar demand
Oct 05, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee edged down on Wednesday on mild importer dollar demand amid market expectation that the currency will remain …
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No 100 percent tax waivers given to Beer Company: Finance Ministry
Oct 04, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry says there is no truth that a beer manufacturing company has been given concessions for imports which …
Sri Lankan shares hit 5-week high; rupee edges up
Oct 03, 2016 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares edged up on Monday, hitting their highest in five weeks, led by blue chips as hopes of some improvement in …
Sri Lankan rupee edges up as tight liquidity prompts dollar sales
Sept 30, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee traded slightly firmer on Friday, after four straight sessions of losses, as tight rupee liquidity triggered …
Sri Lankan rupee edge down ahead of bond auction
Sept 29, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee edged down on Thursday ahead of a bond auction as investors bought the local currency to buy bonds, and as …
Sri Lankan rupee weaker on importer dollar demand
Sept 27, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee traded weaker on Tuesday as seasonal demand for dollar from importers exceeded sales by exporters and banks, …
POLL: CB to stand pat this wk, assessing impact of previous hikes
Sept 26, 2016 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s central bank is expected to keep its key interest rates steady on Wednesday, after cutting three times since …
Sri Lankan rupee down on importer dollar demand; forwards active
Sept 21, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee fell on Wednesday on importer dollar demand, while currency forwards were actively traded in the absence of …
Sri Lankan rupee edges up on state bank dollar sales
Sept 20, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee gained slightly on Tuesday as a state bank sold dollars after the local currency fell due to importer …
Central Bank to introduce repo transactions on electronic platform
Sept 19, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Central Bank is considering introducing the repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions to the Bloomberg electronic …
Sri Lankan rupee weaker on importer dollar demand
Sept 14, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee edged down on Wednesday as importer dollar demand surpassed mild exporter sales of the U.S. currency, dealers …
Sri Lankan rupee trades weaker on importer dollar demand; stocks rise
Sept 13, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee edged down on Tuesday as importer dollar demand surpassed mild selling of the U.S. currency by exporters, …
Sri Lanka foreign reserves up USD125mn in August: Central Bank
Sept 12, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s official reserves rose 124.7 million US dollars to 6.6 billion dollars in August, up from 6.5 billion dollars end of …
Sri Lankan rupee weaker on importer demand
Sept 9, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee traded weaker on Friday as importer dollar demand surpassed inward remittances of the U.S. currency amid a lack …
Sri Lanka to adopt chip card system before end 2017: Central Bank
Sept 09, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is looking at completely adopting the more secure and efficient chip card system before the end of next year, a Central Bank …
Sri Lankan rupee steady; exporter dlr sales offset importer demand
Sept 8, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee traded steady on Thursday as mild dollar demand from importers was offset by exporters’ greenback sales, …
Sri Lankan rupee edges up as dollar sales surpass importer demand
Sept 05, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee was marginally higher on Monday, supported by exporter dollar sales and on lack of importer demand for the …
Sri Lankan rupee steady, remittances offset importer dlr demand
Sept 02, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee traded steady on Friday as dollar sales by banks from inward remittances offset importer dollar demand, …
Sri Lankan rupee firmer on bank dollar sales; stocks edge up
Sept 01, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee traded firmer on Thursday as dollar sales by banks on behalf of foreign investors to buy government securities …
Sri Lankan rupee steady ahead of cenbank policy rate meeting
Aug 30, 2016 (Reuters) – The Sri Lankan rupee traded steady on Tuesday ahead of a central bank policy meeting later in the day, as exporter dollar sales …