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US war crimes envoy visits Sri Lanka site
COLOMBO, January 9, 2014 (AFP) – A top US official investigating war crimes has visited a former Sri Lankan battleground where hundreds of families were killed in army shelling, the US embassy said Thursday, triggering an angry response from Colombo. The US Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice Stephen Rapp spent Wednesday and Thursday travelling in […]
Sri Lanka targets US$2.5bn in FDI in 2014
Jan 10, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is targeting 2.5 billion US dollars in foreign direct investors in 2014 with 2013 estimated to have drawn about 1.3 billion US dollars, a minister said. Investment promotions minister Lakshman Abeywardene said FDI inflows had reached 870 million US dollars by September and full year data was still […]
Sri Lanka new 5-year sovereign bond pricing will help private firms: Standard Chartered
Jan 08, 2014 (LBO) – A 6.0 percent benchmark yield on a billion US dollar sovereign bond will help corporates seeking foreign finance this year, Standard Chartered Bank said. The bond was lead managed latest sovereign bond was managed by Citi, HSBC, Standard Chartered and UBS. Sri Lanka sold the bond following some uncertainty in […]
Sri Lanka stocks close up 0.2-pct
Jan 09, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks end 0.25 percent higher Thursday with tobacco and diversified stocks gaining, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 14.87 points higher at 6,069.34, up 0.25 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 12.08 points higher at 3,362.39, up 0.36 percent. Turnover was 1.57 billion rupees, up […]
Sri Lanka thermal energy generation up
Jan 09, 2014 (LBO) – Thermal generation at Sri Lanka’s state-run power utility has reached 70 percent with a sharp drop in cheap hydro generation amid dry weather, official data shows.On January 07, Ceylon Electricity Board generated 69.9 percent of its daily 32.5 GigaWatts (millions of units of electricity) from thermal sources with hydro at […]
Sri Lanka Treasuries yields drop
Jan 08, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Treasuries yields dropped across maturities at Wednesday’s auction with the 12-month yield falling 53 basis points to 7.42 percent, data from the state debt office showed.The 3-month yield fell 42 basis points to 7.00 percent and the 6-month yield dropped 33 basis points to 7.20 percent. The state […]
Sri Lanka gilt-backed yields drop ahead of auction
Jan 08, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s secondary market gilt-backed yields have dropped sharply ahead of a Treasuries auction Wednesday and the arrival of proceeds of a sovereign bond next week, dealers said.There has been direct state borrowing from banks, especially to fund roads, instead of relying only on Treasury bills, which analysts say may […]
Sri Lanka stocks surge 1.2-pct
Jan 08, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka stocks surged 1.2 percent higher Wednesday as interest rates continued to fall, extending gains from a day earlier, brokers said. The Colombo benchmark All Share Price Index closed 77.40 points higher at 6,054.47, up 1.29 percent. The S&P SL20 closed 49.86 points higher at 3,350.31, up 1.51 percent. […]
Sixer
Jan 08, 2014 (LBO) – HSBC said it had helped sell the sixth Sri Lanka sovereign bond with the latest one billion US dollar 5-year bond.“Counting over 120 years in Sri Lanka, we are the only bank to have consecutively partnered the Government of Sri Lanka on all of its sovereign bond issuances since 2007,” […]
Sri Lanka tourist arrivals reach 2013 target after data revision
Jan 08, 2014 (LBO) – Sri Lanka said it had received 1.27 million tourists, topping a 1.2 million target for 2013 after changing the method of calculation, as concern grows over the credibility of state data.The latest tourism statistical reports come amid a call by business chambers to probe allegations of manipulating gross domestic product […]
Sri Lanka says response to latest bond sale shows investor confidence
Jan 07, 2014 (LBO) – A billion US dollar 5-year sovereign bond sale at 6.0 percent, below yields seen in similar issues earlier is a sign of investor confidence amid turbulent markets, the state debt office said. Fund Managers were the largest investors in the transaction, representing 89 per cent, with Banks and Private Banks […]
US investors buy 62-pct of Sri Lanka sovereign bonds: report
Jan 07, 2014 (LBO) – US based investors have bought 62 percent of a billion US dollar sovereign bond sold by Sri Lanka, a media report said.About 89 percent were bought by fund managers, 8 percent banks and 2 percent private banks. Sources close to the deal said 3.2 billion worth of bids had come […]