Saturday Apr 11, 2026
Saturday Apr 11, 2026
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By Wealth Trust Securities
The Treasury Bond auctions conducted yesterday went undersubscribed only raising Rs. 82.09 billion out of Rs. 100.00 billion on offer at the 1st and 2nd phases — across three available maturities. The bids received to accepted amount ratio stood at 1.80 times.
Maturity-wise the results were as follows:
The shorter tenor 01.07.30 maturity was issued at a weighted average yield of 10.12%, the maturity wise offered amount was fully accepted at the 1st phase.
The 15.06.34 maturity was issued at the weighted average yield of 11.16%. This tenor was undersubscribed.
The longer tenor 01.07.37 maturity was undersubscribed and issued at a weighted average yield of 11.19%.
An issuance window is now open only on the 2030 tenor until 3.00 pm of 10.04.2026 at the Weighted Average Yield Rates (WAYR) determined for the said ISIN at the auction, up to 10% of the respective amount offered. Given in the table are the details of the auction.
The secondary Bond market yesterday remained subdued both before and after the Treasury bond auctions as global headwinds stemming from the ongoing US-Iran tensions drove traders to take a conservative approach.
Accordingly, the 01.05.27 maturity was seen trading at the rate of 8.70%. The 15.06.29 maturity traded at the rates of 9.80%-9.90% and the 15.10.29 maturity traded within the range of 9.90%-10.00%. The 01.03.30 maturity traded at the rate of 10.00% and the 15.05.30 maturity traded at the rate of 10.12%. The 15.12.32 maturity traded at the rate of 10.85%.
The total secondary market Treasury Bond/Bill transacted volume for 8 April was Rs. 26.29 billion.
In money market, the money market net liquidity surplus was recorded at Rs. 239.96 billion yesterday. An amount of Rs 252.48 billion was deposited at Central Bank’s SDFR (Standing Deposit Facility Rate) of 7.25%. An amount of Rs 12.52 billion was withdrawn from the Central Bank’s SLFR (Standing Lending Facility Rate) of 8.25%.
The weighted average rates on overnight call money and Repo were recorded at 7.63% and 7.66% respectively.
Forex market
In the forex market, the USD/LKR rate on spot contracts were seen closing the day at Rs.315.60/315.90 as against its previous day’s closing level of Rs. 315.30/315.40. The total USD/LKR traded volume for 08th April 2026 was $ 128.20 million.
(References: Public Debt Management Office- Ministry of Finance, Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Bloomberg E-Bond trading platform, Money broking companies)
