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By Wealth Trust Securities
The Treasury Bond auctions conducted yesterday produced remarkable outcomes registering weighted averages below the prevailing secondary market yields as the 01.03.2030 maturity recorded a weighted average rate of 9.53%, this was as against the previous day’s closing rate of 9.60/9.64 for a similar maturity (01.07.2030).
Furthermore, the 01.06.2033 maturity recorded a weighted average rate of 10.39%, significantly below its previous day’s closing rate of 10.45/10.50.
The phase 2 of the auction was opened for the 2030 maturity while an issuance window of 10% of the offered amount on the 2033 maturity will be opened until close of business of the day prior to settlement (i.e. 3.00 pm on 28.11.2025). The table below gives details of the auction.
Meanwhile, activity in secondary Bonds market moderated yesterday mainly following the auction outcome while limited trades were witnessed on the morning session with maturities of 2028’s (i.e. 15.02.28, 01.05.28, 01.07.28), 2029’s (i.e. 15.06.29 & 15.09.29), 01.06.33 and 15.09.34 changing hands at levels of 9.10% to 9.15%, 9.50% to 9.55%, 10.45% and 10.65% respectively.
The total secondary market Treasury Bond/Bill transacted volume for 26 November was Rs. 28.60 billion.
In money markets, the net liquidity surplus was recorded at Rs. 92.26 billion yesterday. An amount of Rs. 109.99 billion was deposited at Central Banks SDFR (Standing Deposit Facility Rate) of 7.25% while an amount of Rs. 17.73 billion was withdrawn from the Central Banks SLFR (Standard Lending Facility Rate) of 8.25%.
The weighted average rates on overnight call money and Repo stood at 7.94% and 7.96% respectively.
Forex Market
In the Forex market, the USD/LKR rate on spot contracts to closed the day at Rs. 308.05/308.15 as against its previous day’s closing level of Rs. 308.00/308.10.
The total USD/LKR traded volume for 26 November 2025 was $ 107.20 million.
(References: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bloomberg E-Bond trading platform, Money broking companies)
