Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
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By Wealth Trust Securities
The secondary Bond market commenced the week on a steady note yesterday as yields remained steady. Limited trades were seen on the maturities of 15.01.27, 15.09.27 and 01.10.32 at levels of 8.39%, 8.83% and 10.55% respectively.
Today’s auction, will have on offer a total amount of Rs. 70 billion, consisting of Rs. 10 billion on the 91 day, Rs. 40 billion on the 182-day, further Rs. 20 billion of the 364-day maturity. At last week’s auction, weighted average rates remained unchanged at 7.52%, 7.89% and 8.02% respectively on the 91-day, 182 day and 364-day maturities. An amount of Rs. 27.21 billion was accepted at the 1st phase of the auction against its offered amount of Rs. 77.5 billion while a further amount of Rs. 600 million was raised at its phase II.
The total secondary market Treasury Bond/Bill transacted volume for 17 October of 2025 was Rs. 4.55 billion.
In the money market, overnight net surplus liquidity stood at Rs. 120.11 billion yesterday while weighted average rates on call money and repo was registered at 7.89% and 7.92% respectively.
USD/LKR
Forex market
In the Forex market, the USD/LKR rate on spot contracts closed at Rs. 303.15/303.25 yesterday against its previous day’s closing level of Rs. 302.90/303.00 subsequent to trading at Rs. 302.95 to Rs. 303.25.
The total USD/LKR traded volume for 17 October 2025 was $ 135.70 million.
(References: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bloomberg E-Bond trading platform, Money broking companies)
